Re[2]: Re[2]: OT: Amazon Patents
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texte = Ah, that is the rub; almost all innovation is obvious after the fact. If we can prove that someone was talking about doing this sort of thing in WebCat (or some other package) before the patent was filed, or that someone had actually done it before Amazon began using it, then it was not an innovation worthy of patent protection. If all of the evidence is that people were talking about doing a shopping cart like Amazon's, they have a legitimate claim to primacy in this narrow sense.I am not saying that the patent should be upheld, just that people who think it is merely using cookies to recognize previous visitors are not reading the actual patent. I think, if software patents should be allowed at all, they should be for a greatly reduced time period. The old type patent required time to build the hardware; software is much easier to get working right away. How about 2 years for software patents? 20 years Internet time is about 2 years real time, right?John Peacock ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: Re[2]: OT: Amazon Patents Author:
(WebCatalog Talk) Date: 3/6/00 1:52 PMBut it has to be an innovation, one that others would probably not be able to come up with easily. If it is likely that others could have easily come up with the routine without copying the you can't reasonably hold the patent. Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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Ah, that is the rub; almost all innovation is obvious after the fact. If we can prove that someone was talking about doing this sort of thing in WebCat (or some other package) before the patent was filed, or that someone had actually done it before Amazon began using it, then it was not an innovation worthy of patent protection. If all of the evidence is that people were talking about doing a shopping cart like Amazon's, they have a legitimate claim to primacy in this narrow sense.I am not saying that the patent should be upheld, just that people who think it is merely using cookies to recognize previous visitors are not reading the actual patent. I think, if software patents should be allowed at all, they should be for a greatly reduced time period. The old type patent required time to build the hardware; software is much easier to get working right away. How about 2 years for software patents? 20 years Internet time is about 2 years real time, right?John Peacock ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: Re: Re[2]: OT: Amazon Patents Author: (WebCatalog Talk) Date: 3/6/00 1:52 PMBut it has to be an innovation, one that others would probably not be able to come up with easily. If it is likely that others could have easily come up with the routine without copying the you can't reasonably hold the patent. Robert Minor Director of Internet Services ------------------------------------------------------------ Cybermill Communications http://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development and hosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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