Sunday, November 28, 1999

Patent issues -- 10:58 am CST, Update by The Master

Was reading a messageboard post about Open Source on Slashdot, posted by John Carmack, and it got me thinking:

When somebody patents a technique, can that patent be overruled because of somebody implementing that technology before the patent date? What rules are there to get a patent thrown out? So, if some technique in 3d graphics was first applied by id, and then somebody patents it, can id get the patent thrown out, or can somebody else?

I'm thinking about this in the context of an earlier post here on the Haus on the Y2K windowing patent. I implemented a windowing Y2K fix for a project at my real life^TM job, in April of 1995. And Apple computer did a similar thing with ProDOS, which I'm SURE predates this weenies patent (BTW: This sucker was filed October 3, 1996, so I guess I beat him out the door. Gimme your money :-).

Any thoughts? Email me!

News for 11/28/1999

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