[Openstds] Another futile patent... and what to do with them

[Susy Struble]

Sorry, another related project I forgot to mention. Somewhat similar to 
the Open Source as Prior Art, there's the Peer to Patent project: 
http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent

- Susy

Susy Struble wrote:
> There's EFF's patent busting project, http://w2.eff.org/patent/wp.php
>
> And then there's the Open Source as Prior Art project that started 
> last winter between the the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 
> Open Source Development Lab, IBM, and other open source folks -- see 
> http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Osapa
>
> And on the flip side, there's the Patent Commons - 
> http://www.patentcommons.org
>
> Regards,
> Susy
>
> Daniel Dardailler wrote:
>> Has anyone from the Open Source community thought about creating a 
>> patent troll office ?
>> (seriously, maybe a wikipedia page ? with links to evident prior art 
>> and clear explanation of bogusity)
>>
>> Wrt blocking open std in URI space, I'll check internally.
>>
>>
>> Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
>>  
>>> I was recently informed of US patent 7,287,042
>>> (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,287,042.PN.&OS=PN/7,287,042&RS=PN/7,287,042) 
>>>
>>> which sets a new standard in futile patents, for including a search
>>> string at the end of a URL without any special formatting (so,
>>> http://www.searchengine.example/igf is now a patented way to write
>>> http://www.searchengine.example/?query=igf).
>>>
>>> I have always been concerned that, if we prohibit patented
>>> technologies from free standards, such futile patents may block every
>>> standard possible.
>>>
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