On 3/2/07, Jens M Andreasen <jens.andreasen@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 17:09 +0100, Lars Luthman wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Prior art doesn't exempt the first implementor, it invalidates the
> > > patent, at least in the US.
> >
> > And everywhere else, I hope. Anything other than that would be insane.
> >
> > (regardless of whether the whole concept of patents is insane or not)
> >
>
> Suppose the whole concept really is insane, then prior art could be
> excempted without breaking any sanity rules, yes?
>
>
Well, in Europe, the concept is already insane. There's a european patent on
the concept of tabs used inside a website... how sane is that ?
Hopefully, these (software) patents do not have (at present) any legal value
in Europe...
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