On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, Eric Dittman wrote:
> Neat. I'd like one, too, but I noticed that two people came
> up with the idea (written up in Scientific American and some
> other place), and three others took the idea and patented
> it. That sounds like an abuse of the patent system.
How can someone have patented prior art? That's a neat trick.
Well, I understand how they could have patented it, but how can that
possibly be enforced if it was based on someone elses prior published
work? Unless they tweaked it a little, but anyway...
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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