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Hmm. The patents stand up to review 95% of the time and aren't cheap to obtain. The patent trolls aren't stupid or unpracticed. The good news is that according to the cnet article, some other well-practiced attorneys are stepping up to fight this one. It will be instructive to watch. Be smart, not arrogant. EOLAS won because law favors documentation over myth and memory. Sun won because no one had the money or interest to fight and the holder isn't collecting off the top. 1. Use the semantic web technologies to document technical designs. If we have learned much, we have learned the power of cross-referencing and strongly-typed relations. 2. Use the semantic web to document legal decisions. If we have learned much, we have learned that prior art and research aren't cheap but the cheaper we make them, the tighter the case. The deeper the pockets in the town square, the more pickpockets you will find there. If the semantic web has a certain future, it is to zip and button pockets of knowledge and agreement. No URI? No case. len From: Rich Salz [mailto:rsalz@d...] > means that your invention may not be completely trivial but must reach a > certain complexity to be patentable. > > Is there something comparable in American patent law? Yes; it must be innovative and not obvious to one "skilled in the arts." The patent examiners are supposed to determine this. For software, in particular, the demand seems to exceed the competence.
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