____/ John Locke on Tuesday 26 June 2007 05:18 : \____
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:41:18 +0100, Doug Mentohl
> <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>'Lonestar Inventions has sued Nintendo, claiming that the company copied
>>one of Lonestar's patented capacitor designs and used it in the Wii ..
>>and hasn't told the company precisely which capacitor breaches the
>>patent holder's rights'
>>
>>'It's probably not a coincidence that Lonestar's offices are located in
>>an Austin law firm, either. Yet more evidence that the patenting system
>>is well and truly messed up'
>>
>>http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/18/lonestar-sues-nintendo-over-wii-capacitor-design/
>
> Patents should only be issued for invenmtions that are unique and
> funamental. This crap about "variations" has hosed the patent
> process.
>
> Since the capcitor was invented in 1745 by Ewald Georg von Kleist,
> no further patents should ever be issued for this device.
Kroes named such things "trivial" extensions that are not patentable and
license-able. Think about proprietary bits built on top of open and widely
accepted protocols (Samba to the rescue). Their intent is, as the Halloween
Documents show, to elbow Free software. Another alleged purpose
is 'back-dooring'.
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