Can the USPTO even go back from here?
What about the tens of thousands of software patents that have been issued already? If software patents were ever reformed, would they be 'grandfathered in' until they expire?
I mean people/scum (depending on the situation) may have spent considerable time and money securing each software patent they obtained.
What a mess.
Short, descriptive variable names Vs well commented code are good to keep your employer dependent on your services since someone else that is forced to work on it will probably just wind up re-writing your code in the end to save time.
EFF Patent Busting Project - Top 10 Most Wanted:
http://www.eff.org/patent/
Acacia's July 21, 1992 patent + 1 year earlier:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PT O1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm &r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5,132,992.WKU.&OS=PN/5,132,992&RS =PN/5,132,992
Actually this thread topic is wrong.
Streaming media is much media is older than this according to prior art submissions by the defendants.
You're kidding us right?
You don't see the difference between being a waiter for a private company & being an employee of the local or federal governments?
Taxpayers have already paid (too much, for not enough) for all of their services. WTF should we have to pay them MORE, as individual citizens per-event in order for them to do their job?
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/24/14582
Hmm?
Can the USPTO even go back from here? What about the tens of thousands of software patents that have been issued already? If software patents were ever reformed, would they be 'grandfathered in' until they expire? I mean people/scum (depending on the situation) may have spent considerable time and money securing each software patent they obtained. What a mess.
Short, descriptive variable names Vs well commented code are good to keep your employer dependent on your services since someone else that is forced to work on it will probably just wind up re-writing your code in the end to save time.
EFF Patent Busting Project - Top 10 Most Wanted: http://www.eff.org/patent/ Acacia's July 21, 1992 patent + 1 year earlier: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PT O1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm &r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5,132,992.WKU.&OS=PN/5,132,992&RS =PN/5,132,992
Actually this thread topic is wrong.
Streaming media is much media is older than this according to prior art submissions by the defendants.
You're kidding us right? You don't see the difference between being a waiter for a private company & being an employee of the local or federal governments? Taxpayers have already paid (too much, for not enough) for all of their services. WTF should we have to pay them MORE, as individual citizens per-event in order for them to do their job?
Many universities also have legal departments, whose job it is to write fat settlement checks for errors made by its clueless administration.