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Charlie Northrup's One-Man Patent Grab Continues

Posted by timothy on from the and-now-with-only-one-eye-open dept.

FirstEdition writes "Will this never end! Linux Business & Technology writes that Charlie Northrup, the guy in New Jersey whose prior art on what looks to be Web services dates back to 1994 and appears to trump anybody else's IP, has gotten another patent. Of course, he has transferred the IP to a spin off company populated mostly by lawyers. More details here."

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  1. Plain stupid by Peter_Pork · · Score: 5, Informative
    The present invention provides a virtual network, sitting "above" the physical connectivity
    We call this the Internet (late 60s). Or the telegraph (XIXth century).
    and thereby providing the administrative controls necessary to link various communication devices via an Access-Method-Independent Exchange.
    Also known as Patent-Nonsense-Is-Stealing (as old as patent system)
    In accordance with the present invention, connectivity is provided by a series of communication primitives designed to work with each of the specific communication devices in use.
    The Internet Protocol (IP) RFC 791 September 1981.
    Intraprocess, as well as Interprocess, services are available.

    Interprocess: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) RFC 793 September 1981.
    Intraprocess: main memory ENIAC 1946.

    ..and so on. This is plain nonsense and any competent lawyer will win the case against this atent. Not even OJ Simpson's pals can play this practical joke on a federal court.