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The BLU leadership has neither the interest nor the funds to support this. 2011/10/3 Hsuanyeh Chang <hsuanyeh at gmail.com>: > If I have the honor, what I can offer now is to write up, in the name of > BLU, a "request for ex parte reexamination" and get it on file in the patent > office in an attempt to invalidate the asserted patent(s). ?But, I would > need support from the BLU (e.g., knowledge and time to find prior art, > official fees to be paid to the patent office, and other costs). Would > anyone be willing to take action together? > > HYC on the go > > ? Oct 3, 2011 9:01 PM ??Matt Shields <matt at mattshields.org> ??? > >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Hsuan-Yeh Chang <hsuanyeh at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> 35 U.S.C. 101 Inventions patentable. >> >> "Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, >> manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful >> improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the >> conditions and requirements of this title." >> >> Talking about this particular patent (USP 7,818,225), the claims are >> directed to "a financial instrument," which does not even fall into >> the four statutory patentable classes (i.e., "process," "machine," >> "manufacture," and "composition of matter"). ?This very patent cannot >> really prove that the patent system is screwed up. ?This patent only >> proves that the Patent Office should train their Examiners better. >> Plus, there are administrative proceedings that one can use to knock >> down this patent. ?The owner of this patent should better not seek >> enforcement, or it would be invalidated rather easily... >> >> HYC >> - Hide quoted text - >> >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:03 AM, <markw at mohawksoft.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> See the poster child >> > >> http://www.1201tuesday.com/1201_tuesday/2010/10/poster-child.html >> > >> >> > >> If this is a valid patent; already in; how do you accommodate that? >> > > >> > > >> > > If I were the Examiner, I would reject the claims and have the >> > > applicant >> > > appeal my decision. ?With this particular case, I would blame the >> > > Examiner >> > > for passing this application to issuance. >> > > >> > And that's the problem. You assume the patent examiner has the real >> > ability to reject this patent. He or she does not. The patent examiner >> > must have a defensible reason to reject a patent, it can not be >> > arbitrary. >> > There are limited tools with which they can reject a patent application. >> > >> > With Bilski, its a little easier, but it is still hard. The weight is on >> > the examiner to prove it can't be patented, the patent application is >> > assumed to be patentable otherwise. This is why absurd patents get >> > approved. >> > >> > The patent system has been destroyed by IP lawyers and it is broken. >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> Hsuan-Yeh, >> This is exactly the kind of ridiculous stupidity that IP and patent >> lawyers do to waste people's time and money. ?Again, I'll repeat my >> recommendation to you, if you are serious about helping the OSS community or >> the industry in general, donate your time to defend against these trolls. >> >> >> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/10/03/2236255/Patent-Troll-Says-Anyone-Using-Wi-Fi-Infringes?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29 >> >> >> Matthew Shields >> Owner >> BeanTown Host - Web Hosting, Domain Names, Dedicated Servers, Colocation, >> Managed Services >> www.beantownhost.com >> www.sysadminvalley.com >> www.jeeprally.com >> Like us on Facebook >> Follow us on Twitter >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix GnuPG KeyID: 0xD5C7B5D9 / Email: abreauj at gmail.com GnuPG FP: 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
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