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| Subject: | Re: MobileLBSList: Patent claims |
| Date: |
09/08/2000 04:45:18 PM |
| From: |
Hung-Hsien Chang |
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And British Telecom says they invent the hyperlink,
and Al Gore say that he invent the information super highway.
and the witch poisoning Snow White claiming she invented the first
leathal no smell colorless poison
and ...
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 Edahan@aol.com wrote:
> 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:
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> > 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
> >
> > 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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