Re: Re[2]: Re[2]: OT: Amazon Patents
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Yup I agree, hopefully the barnesandnobles and other monied big boys will clear up the legal hassles so that we will know where we stand.Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.> From: jpeacock@univpress.com > Reply-To:
(WebCatalog Talk) > Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 15:05:32 > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Subject: Re[2]: Re[2]: OT: Amazon Patents > > Ah, that is the rub; almost all innovation is obvious after the fact. If we > can > prove that someone was talking about doing this sort of thing in WebCat (or > some > other package) before the patent was filed, or that someone had actually done > it > before Amazon began using it, then it was not an innovation worthy of patent > protection. If all of the evidence is that people were talking about doing a > shopping cart like Amazon's, they have a legitimate claim to primacy in this > narrow sense. > > I am not saying that the patent should be upheld, just that people who think > it > is merely using cookies to recognize previous visitors are not reading the > actual patent. I think, if software patents should be allowed at all, they > should be for a greatly reduced time period. The old type patent required > time > to build the hardware; software is much easier to get working right away. How > about 2 years for software patents? 20 years Internet time is about 2 years > real time, right? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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Yup I agree, hopefully the barnesandnobles and other monied big boys will clear up the legal hassles so that we will know where we stand.Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.> From: jpeacock@univpress.com > Reply-To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 15:05:32 > To: (WebCatalog Talk) > Subject: Re[2]: Re[2]: OT: Amazon Patents > > Ah, that is the rub; almost all innovation is obvious after the fact. If we > can > prove that someone was talking about doing this sort of thing in WebCat (or > some > other package) before the patent was filed, or that someone had actually done > it > before Amazon began using it, then it was not an innovation worthy of patent > protection. If all of the evidence is that people were talking about doing a > shopping cart like Amazon's, they have a legitimate claim to primacy in this > narrow sense. > > I am not saying that the patent should be upheld, just that people who think > it > is merely using cookies to recognize previous visitors are not reading the > actual patent. I think, if software patents should be allowed at all, they > should be for a greatly reduced time period. The old type patent required > time > to build the hardware; software is much easier to get working right away. How > about 2 years for software patents? 20 years Internet time is about 2 years > real time, right? ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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