Re: Microsoft lost another law suite

From: Harry Slaughter (harry-removethis_at_slaughters.com)
Date: 08/22/03 

Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 23:29:11 GMT

Donald H. Bennett wrote:
> From the Washington Post
> Tuesday, August 12, 2003
> by Jonathan Krim

....

>
> Michael D. Doyle, chief executive of Eolas Technologies Inc.,
> claimed that while he was at the University of California
> in San Francisco in the eary 1990s, the and two other
> researchers developed the technology that allows a Web
> browser, such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer, to
> access interactive features of a Web Page.

about the only thing i hate more than microsoft is these stupid patents. vague
and broad patents that do not cover a specific idea but rather a large realm of
possible ideas which the patent holder can later shake down unsuspecting
developers over.

why don't i patent a way to embed chips in fabric (take the chip and... er.. sew
it into something). then in 10 years i can shake down everyone from novelty hat
manufacturers to the military to game makers.

Michael D. Doyle, to you i say, pass me a vomit bag...

"
Doyle said his firm, which develops technologies to license to other firms and
has more software in the patent pipeline, will now be able to expand his business.
"

i see that's all this puke does is file meaningless patents and wait for someone
to 'infringe' on them.

patenting dynamic content, absurd!

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