|
Newsletters
|
|
|
|
|
| Wireless Developer Network Mailing List |
| |
| Mailing List Archives |
| Subject: | Re: MobileLBSList: Patent claims |
| Date: |
09/08/2000 04:35:16 PM |
| From: |
Hung-Hsien Chang |
|
General claim patent SUCKS.
It used to be protecting the inventor from being robbed.
Now it is helping the consumers being robbed.
What century are we in now?... Patent...
I think Fourier should have patented his transformation method
and Watson and Crick(?) should patent the discover of DNA.
You know, those guys claiming for general statement patent is
simply suck. It shows how 'competitive' they are.
Hubert
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Bryan Morgan wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe, write to mobilelbslist-unsubscribe@geocomm.com
> ________________________________________________________________________
> The MobileLBSList is brought to you by The GeoCommunity and The WirelessDeveloperNetwork
> http://www.geocomm.com
> http://www.wirelessdevnet.com
>
>
>
To unsubscribe, write to mobilelbslist-unsubscribe@geocomm.com
________________________________________________________________________
The MobileLBSList is brought to you by The GeoCommunity and The WirelessDeveloperNetwork
http://www.geocomm.com
http://www.wirelessdevnet.com
|
|
|
