[linux-audio-dev] [Fwd: Graphical dataflow programs violate patents]

[Jens M Andreasen]

On ons, 2004-12-15 at 10:39 -0500, Fred Gleason wrote:

> Not a patent on touchscreens, but on touchscreens, when used a certain way, by 
> a certain industry, for a certain specific purpose.  DRECK!  Mares' nests, 
> one and all.  Not that that stops any attorney -- straining at gnats and 
> swallowing elephants is a required course at law school.
> 

I find this passage especially depressing:

  "We pay a $300 fee for each touchscreen we sell," said Dave Scott,
  president of Scott Studios Corp. and its sister company, Computer
  Concepts Corp. "I also paid a $50,000 retroactive fee."

  Connell's lawyers contacted Scott Studios more than a year ago about
  the alleged patent infringement, Scott said. "Our equipment does not
  infringe upon the MDC patent, but we decided agreeing to the royalty
  fee was a less-expensive resolution. I still believe the patent is
  invalid."                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  ^^^^^^^


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