Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:38:10 +0100 | | From | Jack Stone <> | | Subject | Re: Versioning file system |
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Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote: > When you get into the recycling issues with storage, the patents come > into play. Also, using the file name to reference revisions is already > the subject of a patent previously filed (I no longer own the patent, I > sold them to Canopy). There is a third one about to be issued. > > The patents are: > * > 6,862,609 > **6,795,895 > > and this one about to be issued: > > http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/fetch.jsp?LANG=ENG&DBSELECT=PCT&SERVER_TYPE=19&SORT=1211506-KEY&TYPE_FIELD=256&IDB=0&IDOC=1205953&C=10&ELEMENT_SET=IA,WO,TTL-EN&RESULT=1&TOTAL=3&START=1&DISP=25&FORM=SEP-0/HITNUM,B-ENG,DP,MC,PA,ABSUM-ENG&SEARCH_IA=US2005045566&QUERY=%28IN%2fmerkey%29+ > > > The last one was filed with WIPO and has international protection, UK > included.
I have no idea about patents so if anyone could point me in the right direction I would be most obliged
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