[Patents] A Response to the W3C Patent Policy Rigmarole

[seth.johnson@realmeasures.dyndns.org (Seth Johnson)]

(Forwarded from Fairuse-Discuss list; originally from LVLUG list)

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Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 13:03:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Sulzberger <jays@panix.com>

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Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 08:26:17 -0700
From: Eric Myers <eric@emyers.org>

We just had to re-write on of our video slot games at Mikohn because IGT
has a patent storing bonus round information in a struct.  We changed
our C code to store the information in an array but in one of our games
we forgot and the programmer, a friend of mine is pretty unhappy to be
reworking a finished project at the last minute cause the lawyers called
up! Seems crazy.

Eric

"Michael R. Bernstein" wrote:

> On Thu, 2001-10-04 at 20:21, ricker wrote:
> > >From: "Douglas Nusbaum" <Dpaladin@ix.netcom.com>
> >
> > A corporation trying to patent even parts of HTML at this late
> > date is guilty of the most despicable in corporate greed. It's
> > revolting.
>
> It's also SOP, and your arguments regarding the non-patentability
> of what amount to algorithms and protocols (such as TCP/IP) are
> unfortunately not currently accepted by PTO or the legal system.
> Algorithms, protocols, and even business methods are being
> patented every day. And any corporation that holds and enforces
> these stands to make a lot of money.
>
> This has led to the rise of companies that do nothing except
> create and/or buy such patents, and sue companies for violating
> their intellectual property.
>
> We've got one of those right here in Las Vegas, called
> i2corp.com. They have what amounts to a patent on gambling over
> the internet, and they are very eager to enforce it.
>
> http://www.i2corp.com
> http://www.homegamblingnetwork.com/patent.php3
>
> It pisses me off, is what it does.

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