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Originally posted by Anothers
maybe this idea to patent www wasn't so bad at all?
(who was it? I can't remember)
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Tim Berners-Lee invented the concept of the World Wide Web.. he was faced with the option to patent the idea, or to release it for free for all to use.... he chose not to patent it.
All of the founding technology of the Internet was developed by people who shared their talents and innovations with the world, without getting a patent and without expecting a license fee.
For all the REAL hardward, software, and technology created, it really is arrogant for Acacia to think they the disclosure of the patent for all to read helped others to learn from their patent and to expand on it.
I do believe that their patent does describe teleportation (
http://www.FightThePatent.com/v2/Teleportation.html) or some kind of futuristic Home Shopping Network where items could be digitized and shipped to you like "beam me up scotty"....
Berman also cites in Acacia's defense that 100+ other patents reference their patent.. .this is no validation of the legitimacy of their patent, it means that other applicants are doing what is required by USPTO, and that is to reference ALL prior art that they are aware of.....
Fight the Patent!