E-Pass Can Resue Patent Case Against Palm

Posted by timothy on Sunday August 24, 2003 @07:09AM from the springtime-for-hitler-as-a-patent-case dept.

kisrael writes "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that a patent held by E-Pass may have been infringed by Palm and other PDA makers even though their devices are larger than 'credit-card sized.' The 1994 patent describes a 'multifunction, credit card-sized computer that allows users to securely store a multitude of account numbers, PIN codes, access information and other data from multiple credit cards, check cards, identification cards and similar personal documents.'"

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Re:Umm...hello? by gustaffo · 2003-08-24 07:51 · Score: 0, Redundant

One would think a piece of paper would be prior art in this case. :) Or maybe a post-it pad with only a few pieces of paper (to be credit card sized). Just another reason why patents and "IP" need to be done away with.