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Hi peter here, you know I am involved in this, so I pas it on Peter ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [Jmri-legal-announce] JMRI case update Date: Sunday 15 April 2007 05:57 From: Bob Jacobsen <rgj1927@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: jmri-legal-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx A short update on the JMRI legal case. As you may remember, we had asked the court for a preliminary injunction back in mid-January. Twelve weeks have passed, and the court hasn't issued a ruling. So the only news is that there is no news re that ruling. On another subject, we have been watching Mr. Katzer's activities at the Patent Office. There were three continuation applications that were pending. One issued as a patent recently, but should not have. It has the exact same claims that were in its parent application, and the exact same patent specification. The only difference was the 5000+ pages of references which Mr. Katzer submitted in response to our charges of inequitable conduct. However, under 35 U.S.C. 101, Mr. Katzer was not entitled to get another patent with claims that were the exact same as the claims of an earlier patent. The examiner messed up. The good news is that, after wading through all 5000 pages of another continuation application, another examiner rejected all claims and questioned whether anything was patentable in the application. As a result, Mr. Katzer abandoned that application. While it is possible to revive an abandoned application, it was great news to see that no patent issued from that application. And we thought we would share that news with you all. Thanks again for your interest and help. We'll keep you updated if anything happens. Bob -- Bob Jacobsen +1-510-486-7355 fax +1-510-643-8497 AIM, Skype JacobsenRG ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Jmri-legal-announce mailing list Jmri-legal-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmri-legal-announce -- This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net ------------------------------------------------------- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html