2 Jan
2007
2 Jan
'07
9:22 p.m.
On 2 Jan 2007 at 20:24, Brent Hilpert wrote:
"Sometimes the truth hurts." If they are
applying for patents, I can't say I
see much reason their sensibilities should be spared. In theory the patent
office should be pointing it out but I guess that depends on the patent
status of the earlier work.
What's changed is that software methods can now be patented. But not
that long ago, the best you could hope for was to publish your
algorithm in CALGO or one one of the other journals (say, NYU Courant
Institute) and hope someone noticed. I think that a number of
software patents currently granted could be undermined with some
scholaraly research. Nothing like omitted "prior art" citations to
mess over a patent.
Cheers,
Chuck