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[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: Patents, schmatents (was: hi)
 Or it will get you another 'we invented something new and we are popular people' kind of evaluation instead of a careful examination by informed examiners of the claims. It becomes the Golden Globes and the dirty secret of that award is that it can be 'purchased'. I know the current results are fouled up. I don't think we appreciate the depth of how hard it is to be examiners. I know that most of the serious people in our field are becoming more acquainted with IP laws and processes. Did you know that a trademark (service or product) is considered to be an adjective? Did you know about the search systems provided by the USPTO (eg, TESS)? I didn't. I think better ethics (one can hope) and better technology can help. We can do this better and we will when the pain becomes unendurable. That may be Mike Doyle and SCO's ultimate positive contribution: they woke everyone up to the realities. We have to modify the environment to make it easier to modify ourselves. "The same sun that melts the wax can harden clay And the same rain that drowns the rat will grow the hay And the mighty wind that knocks us down If we lean into it will drive our fears away." How Can We See That Far - Amy Grant/Tom Hemby <soapbox> Every once in awhile, I have to step back and realize how good it is getting for ever larger groups of people regardless of how rotten my day was. Whatever else is said about the markup adventure, it really has improved the lot of the humans. Take a short breath and be proud; then back on your heads. :-) </soapbox> len From: Jeff Lowery [mailto:Jeff.Lowery@c...] Maybe patents shouldn't be examined, but instead awarded by vote through some sort of representative body drawn from industry, academia, and members-at-large. It might inject into the process a measure of common sense. 
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