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Former Activerse CTO Responds to ActiveBuddy Patent

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 15, 2002 @07:59AM from the patent-depth-charge dept.

JeffBone writes: "I was the CTO of a company back in 1997-1999 (Activerse, mentioned in the comments on the original article) that made a bot development kit in many ways similar to ActiveBuddy's product. This is clear prior art, dating back well over two years before to the initial ActiveBuddy filing. I'd be happy to help out anybody seeking to overturn this patent. Some additional comments on this can be found at oreillynet.com." You might not agree with Bone about software patents in general, but he has an interesting perspective on this one.

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Hmm. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-08-15 08:45 · Score: 2, Funny

I was the CTO of a company back in 1997-1999 (Activerse, mentioned in the comments on the original article) that made a bot development kit in many ways similar to ActiveBuddy's product.
Go on.
This is clear prior art, dating back well over two years before to the initial ActiveBuddy filing.
How does that make you feel?
I'd be happy to help out anybody seeking to overturn this patent.
Would you say you are generally a happy person?
Some additional comments on this can be found at oreillynet.com."
What makes you think some additional comments on this can be found?
You might not agree with Bone about software patents in general, but he has an interesting perspective on this one.
We're talking about you, not me.

I think that's enough for today. Goodbye.