[JDEV] integrity messenger questions

[Bernd Eckenfels]

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:23:06PM -0500, dlb wrote:
> establishing patentable claims is actually pretty easy , the PTO will allow
> you to continually amend your claims until these satisfy their conditions
> for novelty.  Patents surrounding processes encoded as software algorithms
> are especially liberal.

this is even more true in germany, where your pplication is only lightly
checked. Especially it is not checked if prior art exists or if patents
overlap(!). It is your responsibility to check this. If you are affected by
a patent, you have to defend yourself and proof in front of the court that
the patent is not legal. In that case you have to pay to let it be removed
by the patent office (funny, isnt it?:).

So in short the patent office gets payed for aquiring a patent, and gets
paied for deleting a patent, is not responsible for checking the patent and
is generally not helpfull to search for existing ones. Isnt that service?

> That said , it's not likely IMO that any of these companies  are going to
> sue the JSF.  Patent litigation is very expensive

it is only expensive if you sue somebody who hasa actually the money to
fight against you. Normally most ppl do not have the money to defend their
claim that the patent is illegal.

Greetings
Bernd
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