[time-nuts] HP 5335A and HP-IB (GP-IB)

Bob Camp lists at rtty.us
Tue Aug 3 11:09:27 UTC 2010


Hi

That or they are quietly selling off the shares in the pool to the "next fool". 

It will be several years before enough cases are tried to really know what it does or does not mean.

Bob

On Aug 3, 2010, at 2:23 AM, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <20108215412.679438 at Orchid7-PC>, Joe Geller writes:
> 
>> I think that advocates are reading more into Bilski than is actually there.
> 
> Well, so are corporate patent laywers then:  There is near panic in
> several of the big patent pools, because they also read Bilski along
> the lines I laid out.
> 
> The Bilski ruling is indeed narrow, but there are more junk patents
> in that a narrow corridor than you probably imagine.  One unofficial
> estimate, from an insider, is that IBM alone lost "at least 1000,
> possibly 2000 patents to Bilski".
> 
> The only reason you have not heard the full roar on this, is that
> lawyers treasure their vacation.
> 
> Poul-Henning
> 
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