http://www.epo.org/patents/law/legal-texts/html/epc/2000/e/ar115.html

Maybe this is what they do over the summer quiet period – harass start-ups.

I’m of course referring to Doug Engelbart’s infamous ‘mother of all demos’ in 1968, usefully captured on video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8734787622017763097

There’s a clear example of list making in a computer display environment (networked, no less)

I’m no lawyer, so maybe I’m missing something here?

I was looking for a company like Channel Intelligence but I think I’ll check out competitors instead.

There is such thing as bad publicity.

thanks a lot for posting this article, this is the kind of exposure we need.

Small correction to the “is still under examination link” which should point to http://register1.epoline.org/espacenet/regviewer?AP=02806291&CY=EP&LG=en&DB=REG

I shortened it artificially in the visible text of my blogpost, so you probably copied the shortened version instead of the unwieldy longer one.

Kind regards,

Geert

6./ get Americans to keep the patent for stupid software patents and stop their IP madness boat on our European shores.

My Wishlist:
1./ be over-creative, not over-protective
2./ stop software patents in the EU
3./ stop software patents in the rest of the universe
4./ create real jobs for intellectual property lawyers
5./ add value with operational excellence and first mover advantage
6./ Get Americans to keep the patent for stuped software patents and stop their IP madness boot on our European shores.

Feel free to use this great wishlist feature on Techcrunch too

Cheers,

Toon

“Fraudulent use of the patent pending warning is prohibited by the law of many countries and inventors should be cautious when marking products or methods that may arguably not be covered by any pending patent application. In some jurisdictions, such as the UK, a warning notice should ideally mention the number of the pending application” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_pending

Not sure how this works in practice. But then again, not sure how software patents work in practice.

Suing others for software patent violations is a sign of business failure.
Channel Intelligence should be embarrassed and retract their silly cases before it’s too late.

It’s innovation not litigation, stupid.

I work with a client who is interested in some visibility on your
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Let me know if you are interested so we can discuss the price for this.

Regards,

Jay Haffling