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Started by Scott T Jones
Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:54
MS Patents Double-Click
Author: Scott T Jones
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:54
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 21:54
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As the newest member of the Invention Evaluation Board at work, I was copied on a note about a disturbing patent that was awarded to Microsoft on April 27th. Among other things, it appears to patent the use of double-clicking. I think that they got away with it because they limited it to a very specific environment. Even so, this would appear to be invalid because the idea is "obvious to anyone skilled in the art". That is the standard test used when evaluating the validity of an invention. The following URL takes you to the article on SlashDot which has a link to the patent itself. http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/06/02/2222258.shtml?tid=109&tid=155&tid=187 &tid=99 ------------------------------- Scott T Jones Author of XCOMUTIL (current version 9.42) Author of APOCUTIL (current version 1.00) ------------------------------- http://XcomUtil.ScottTJones.com
Re: MS Patents Double-Click
Author: Bateau
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 08:45
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 08:45
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Scott T Jones wrote:
>As the newest member of the Invention Evaluation Board at work, I was copied on
>a note about a disturbing patent that was awarded to Microsoft on April 27th.
>Among other things, it appears to patent the use of double-clicking. I think
>that they got away with it because they limited it to a very specific
>environment. Even so, this would appear to be invalid because the idea is
>"obvious to anyone skilled in the art". That is the standard test used when
>evaluating the validity of an invention. The following URL takes you to the
>article on SlashDot which has a link to the patent itself.
>
>http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/06/02/2222258.shtml?tid=109&tid=155&tid=187
>&tid=99
The US Patents Office is notorious for being a bunch of useless asshole
asswipes. Eg the patent they awarded on "junk DNA" or just about any DNA
patent.
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