----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:19 PM Subject: RE: more bad patents
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Erik Reuter > > ... > > > The quadratic equation is fairly narrow and specific, but it should not > > be patentable. > > > > Think of things like prior art and (admittedly less easy to prove) > > obviousness. > > Yes... but until I actually worked on some patents and worked around others, > I didn't realize how meaningless they can be. With 13 claims, you only > infringe if you use all 13. I'm pretty sure that's wrong. If that were true, than most patents I've looked at are exercises in stupidity and every patent lawyer I've talked to is wrong. All one has to do is violate one claim to infringe. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
