4 Aug
2002
4 Aug
'02
1:46 a.m.
On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:
Neat. I'd like one, too, but I noticed that two
people came
up with the idea (written up in Scientific American and some
other place), and three others took the idea and patented
it. That sounds like an abuse of the patent system.
How can someone have patented prior art? That's a neat trick.
Well, I understand how they could have patented it, but how can that
possibly be enforced if it was based on someone elses prior published
work? Unless they tweaked it a little, but anyway...
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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