Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] the gibson patent
From: Bob Ham (node_AT_users.sourceforge.net)
Date: Sat Jun 22 2002 - 16:39:18 EEST
"To overcome the limitations and weaknesses of existing analog and
digital technologies in the musical performance environment, applicant
has invented a system that will allow..."
Invent? I can't see how anyone would call protocol development
'inventing'. But then, this is the USPTO, whose idiocy my mind seems to
be continually numbed by.
I was going to say "I feel sorry for you US passport holders", but I
notice "Intern'l Class: G01H 007/00". Oh dear. Does anyone know if
this means the patent is effective in coutries that honour international
patents? The Help pages don't reflect their title.
And by the by, what on earth is going on with this? What's going on to
do something about this situation? It seems many people are aware of
the USPTO's idiocy, yet they are still allowed to carry on being
idiots. Why are people letting them?
Bob
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