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| Subject: | Re: MobileLBSList: Patent claims |
| Date: |
09/08/2000 04:00:10 PM |
| From: |
Edahan@aol.com |
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Don't forget the grand-daddy of them all - Compton's New Media claim that it
invented multimedia.
In a message dated 9/8/00 1:25:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
bryan@wirelessdevnet.com writes:
> Subj: MobileLBSList: Patent claims
> Date: 9/8/00 1:25:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time
> From: bryan@wirelessdevnet.com (Bryan Morgan)
> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:bryan@wirelessdevnet.com">bryan@wirelessdevnet
.com</A> (Bryan Morgan)
> To: mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com
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> I wanted to see what others thought of this seemingly endless stream of
> frivolous patent claims by technology companies. How can the government
> continue to grant patent licenses to companies who clearly have not
> developed a proprietary or even, unique, technology? Some examples:
>
> * Amazon.com's "One click" ordering
> * Priceline.com's process of "naming your price" for items
> * Geoworks patent on using generic markup to format display on a wide
> variety of devices - which led to their patent claims on WAP.
>
> ...and this gem from Cell-Loc (which affects LBS):
>
> From May 2000:
>
> "Dr. Michel Fattouche, president and CEO, Cell-Loc Inc. (TSE:CLQ), is
> pleased to announce that the U.S. patent office has conditionally allowed
> Cell-Loc to claim the delivery of handset-based wireless location content
> and services over the Internet as its property, regardless of technological
> method employed. This same patent application has been filed worldwide. "
>
> Regardless of technological method employed?!? How is this possible?
> Someone wiser than me please help me understand!!!
>
> Bryan
>
>
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