I was surprised by the Tim O'Reilly / Patent Office interview posted yesterday. Dickinson's attitude was outrageous in that he felt the current system is adaquate.
I remember reading editorials 10 years ago, month after month in DDJ declairing software patent office to be totally inept regarding technology patents.
A few years later, I ran into a problem implementing a self-service banking application due to a DC-based company's patent on finacial transactions originated from a consumer's home and secured with a password! "PIN-based transactions" originating from a home as opposed to a bank-run system like an ATM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I was surprised by the Tim O'Reilly / Patent Office interview posted yesterday. Dickinson's attitude was outrageous in that he felt the current system is adaquate.
I remember reading editorials 10 years ago, month after month in DDJ declairing software patent office to be totally inept regarding technology patents.
A few years later, I ran into a problem implementing a self-service banking application due to a DC-based company's patent on finacial transactions originated from a consumer's home and secured with a password! "PIN-based transactions" originating from a home as opposed to a bank-run system like an ATM.
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