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AvantGo Gets a Patent

Posted by michael on from the slashdot.org/palm/ dept.

AnElder writes: "Yahoo's Daily News Technology section is carrying a story reporting that AvantGo has received a patent for its synchronization technology. And here's an excerpt: "In legal jargon, AvantGo said the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had issued it patent No. 6,341,316 covering the system, method and computer program product for synchronizing content between a server and a client." Why didn't I think of this?" In all fairness, the patent doesn't seem to be as bad as many that have been issued. It cites many other patents as references (which helps ensure that AvantGo is doing something *different*), and is rather specific about the process - I would expect that there are many ways to "synchronize" data that wouldn't run into this patent.

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  1. Prior Art? by 7608 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    rdist, wget, assimilator, mirror, cp, nfs, tape, backup, restore, comp...

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  2. Well, by amitv · · Score: 1, Redundant

    So does this make CVS and rsync subject to patent royalties now?

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