Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] [Fwd: Graphical dataflow programs violate patents]
From: Jens M Andreasen (jens.andreasen_AT_chello.se)
Date: Wed Dec 15 2004 - 19:34:49 EET
On ons, 2004-12-15 at 10:39 -0500, Fred Gleason wrote:
> Not a patent on touchscreens, but on touchscreens, when used a certain way, by
> a certain industry, for a certain specific purpose. DRECK! Mares' nests,
> one and all. Not that that stops any attorney -- straining at gnats and
> swallowing elephants is a required course at law school.
>
I find this passage especially depressing:
"We pay a $300 fee for each touchscreen we sell," said Dave Scott,
president of Scott Studios Corp. and its sister company, Computer
Concepts Corp. "I also paid a $50,000 retroactive fee."
Connell's lawyers contacted Scott Studios more than a year ago about
the alleged patent infringement, Scott said. "Our equipment does not
infringe upon the MDC patent, but we decided agreeing to the royalty
fee was a less-expensive resolution. I still believe the patent is
invalid." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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--( ) c[] mvh // Jens M Andreasen
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