On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:53:20 -0700 Bryan Petty <[email protected]> said:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Daniele Ricci <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 21:01, Bryan Petty <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is not true. A patent (6031525) was already filed for > >> Quickwriting in 1999/2000: > >> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6031525.html > >> > >> So if this is actually a duplicate patent, all Ken Perlin has to do is > >> point out his patent to the patent office to get the 8pen one > >> invalidated. > >> > > > > I guess he won't. Can we do something about this? The patent office > > will realize it on its own, right? > > They should in theory, though in practice, I hear that this doesn't > always happen. However, they know this happens, and if it does, 8pen's > patent can still be invalidated even after it's been granted. Really > though, this is completely up to Ken Perlin to defend. I wouldn't > worry about it. > > If your concern if that you have licensed Ken Perlin's patent, you're > safe from any lawsuits from 8pen. and there's your "written documented proof" of prior art. it's another patent. as such if you have an issue with this being patented at all then forget 8pen the only valid patent that has a chance of standing up in a court is ken's patent - so complain to him about his patent. forget 8pen. they will file anyway and hope to get it even if a duplicate. when they go to investors for money they can get more as they say "we have patented it". thats the value of a patent to a small company. it means investor influx. for a large company it is a stockpile of defense. (eg we have 500,000 patents. go on. try and sue us. we'll strike back with our arsenal of 500,000 and i'm sure we'll find at least some you infringe and then it's game on. since we have more than you... you're the one who will lose). of course this strategy falls flat on its face when attacked by a patent troll. they have no products to sue over. that's a major flaw :) -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
