Messages in this thread | | | From | "Mark Haney" <> | Subject | RE: Linux stifles innovation... | Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:30:52 -0500 |
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Oh God. You're right. But who's going to patent the patent on the patent? *ad infinitum*
-----Original Message----- From: David Woodhouse [mailto:dwmw2@redhat.com]On Behalf Of David Woodhouse Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 11:26 AM To: Mark Haney Cc: James Sutherland; Rik van Riel; Alan Olsen; David D.W. Downey; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux stifles innovation...
mhaney@info4cars.com said: > Okay, so if we are going to get real stupid about the whole thing, I > wonder if Microsloth is going to patent the patent?
Filing nuisance patents for obvious stuff which shouldn't ever get granted is a viable business method and as such is patentable in the US.
After all, what patent officer is going to point out the prior art?
:)
-- dwmw2
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