SBC patents the wheel

Jon Hall maddog at dtype.org
Tue Jan 21 09:28:24 EST 2003


The fact that there is prior art does not prevent a patent from being issued,
(as long as the patent clerk is unaware of the prior art), nor does it prevent
someone using a bad patent from scaring an "infringer" into paying some
"nominal royalty", just to avoid any type of legal action.

Only one of the reasons why software patents are bad.

md



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