From Bernard.Lang@inria.fr Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:30:28 +0200
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:30:28 +0200
From: Bernard Lang Bernard.Lang@inria.fr
Subject: [Patents] Re: [Patents] Fw: Pie Chart Patent.

That is 5 or 6 years ago... but since you can patent any idea in the US,
they want it consistent throughout the world.

 And in order to protect themselves, they probably developped a patent
portofolio

On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 01:04:32PM +0100, Nick Fleming wrote:
> > If you are looking for a classic daft software patent, check US
> > patent 5,491,779 - three dimensional pie charts.
> > 
> > Greg
>  
> I checked this one out because I thought you were joking.
> It not only exists, but what I really can't figure out is how
> the hell it ever got issued  (in 1991). If I didnt laugh I would cry.
>  
> Also, for those of you interested, heres a link to Oracles official
> statement on patents which is worth a read.
> 
> http://www.base.com/software-patents/statements/oracle.html
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Nick F.
>  
> 
> 
> 
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