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Canadian Company Claims RDF Patent

Posted by timothy on from the patenting dept.

quinticent writes: "Looks like they are at it again. Companies seem to like to let a standard become, well, standard before pulling out the lawyers to claim they own a patent on it. Now some Canadian company is claiming they own a US patent on RDF (doesn't Slashdot use RDF?). When will the US government realize that allowing patents on common ideas is just wrong? The CNet article is here."

2 of 188 comments (clear)

  1. These guys just want the money ! by J.D.+Hogg · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    "Now some Canadian company is claiming they own a US patent on RDF (doesn't Slashdot use RDF?)."

    Just like Rambus tried to leech on the enormous computer memory market, it's quite plain that these crazy canuks just want a share of the huge revenue stream generated by slashdot.org.

  2. Re:Ah by liquidsin · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Such a typical stupid fucking slashdot reply. If you read the article, you'd see that the patent was filed in 1994 and awarded in 1997. RDF wasn't even a spec until 1998 and was a W3C recommendation by february 1999. So how the hell does that equal "wait(ing) for something to get big then claim you own it"? At least do the rest of us the favour of reading the material before you blindly comment and subject us to your uninfomred drivel.

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