[Patents] Re: On GPL Ideas and Limited Software Patentability

[orre@nada.kth.se (Roland Orre)]

Mr Aharonian,
This is the second time you offend me with your answers, but this
time I didn't even need to send the offending answer to the list
as you sent your offending reply directly to the list yourself.

On Tue, 8 May 2001, Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> >blah blah blah .... and I will only patent it in small fragments,
> >where each fragment will be useless for understanding how the
> >algorithm works.
>
> Don't waste your money, then.  Filing a partial disclosure as a patent
> application will get rejected under US patent laws for not being
> enabling.  And frankly, given the large body of data mining technology
> already in the public domain, I doubt highly if your ideas could stand
> the tests of novelty and obviousness.
>
> But if your ideas are novel, unobvious and enabled enough to get a US
> patent, please file and get the patent.  I even know some people who
> might want to invest in such a company.  Glad to help out someone with
> something really new and useful.
>
> Greg Aharonian

Roland:
You are slandering my intelligence Mr Aharonian, and I guess that
this is enough for sueing you, at least point 2 below.

1) You are questioning my professionalism within my own area!

   I know enough about all existing data mining technologies to
   know that my ideas are both novel and non obvious.
   You obviously don't know me, but I guess this point is not
   enough for sueing you.

2) You are questioning my general intelligence!

   The patent system is not protecting me!
   If I would file a patent application for this technology I have
   no guarantee that my interests would be cared for.

   You certainly understand Mr Aharonian, that if I found that
   someone was using this technology, despite me having patented it.
   Then it would be in my own interest to
     a) detect if someone else is using my technology
     b) pay lawyers to defend my interests

   In a) I would not be able to detect if someone would secretly
   be using my technology.

   In b) the only way I would patent this technology in it's whole,
   which would make the design transparent, were if there existed an
   independent global world wide instrument in the public interest
   which would:
      * supervise the usage of this technology, world wide
      * pay for any costs involved to care for my interests

   No, Mr Aharonian, the technology is too important to be released
   to the public without any protection whatsoever as the patent
   system is not protecting me.

Mr Aharonian, as you certainly understand, point 2) above is enough
for sueing you. Instead of filing a patent application I will
investigate the legal ways of sueing you now, for offending me and
my intelligence in a public environment.

        Best regards
        Roland Orre