Comments on: A Patent Ban on Microsoft Word and a Haiku http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: docx format http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-25511 docx format Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:31:42 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-25511 Microsoft is just in a money making business. The don't don't care about all these laws. Its nice that the court stopped them for selling the latest release of office. I think there must be some law related to bad windows quality. It crashes every time. :) Microsoft is just in a money making business. The don't don't care about all these laws. Its nice that the court stopped them for selling the latest release of office.
I think there must be some law related to bad windows quality. It crashes every time. :)

]]> By: Brad Feld http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-14740 Brad Feld Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:37:13 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-14740 While I don’t know the history of Microsoft and i4i, I read the overview to the patent and simply do not buy its novelty and uniqueness.<br /> While I don’t know the history of Microsoft and i4i, I read the overview to the patent and simply do not buy its novelty and uniqueness.

]]> By: ChrisG http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-14720 ChrisG Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:26:31 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-14720 I know that the facts are largely irrelevant in these conversations, but sometimes the details are important. This patent filed in 1994 is innovative for the time, and it is not patenting XML at all. Microsoft was working with i4i, ripped off their tech and almost destroyed the company. What would you think Brad if they did it to one of your startups? Of course there are a lot of crap patents, but not all patents are crap. <a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=12&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=5,787,449&OS=5,787,449&RS=5,787,449" target="_blank">http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=P...</a> I know that the facts are largely irrelevant in these conversations, but sometimes the details are important. This patent filed in 1994 is innovative for the time, and it is not patenting XML at all. Microsoft was working with i4i, ripped off their tech and almost destroyed the company. What would you think Brad if they did it to one of your startups? Of course there are a lot of crap patents, but not all patents are crap.

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=P…

]]> By: JChauncey http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-14488 JChauncey Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:19:41 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-14488 Do you think software or specific lines of code should be patentable? and here are some ridiculous patents - <a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridiculous_patents/31.htm" target="_blank">http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi...</a> <a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridiculous_patents/29.htm" target="_blank">http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi...</a> Do you think software or specific lines of code should be patentable?

and here are some ridiculous patents –

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi…
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi…

]]> By: JChauncey http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-14487 JChauncey Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:18:57 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-14487 Do you think software or specific lines of code should be patentable? Do you think software or specific lines of code should be patentable?

]]> By: JChauncey http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-14486 JChauncey Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:17:41 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-14486 Haha I found this article at business week on ridiculous patents and here are some of the good ones. <a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridiculous_patents/29.htm" rel="nofollow">http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi...</a> <a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridiculous_patents/30.htm" rel="nofollow">http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi...</a> <a href="http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridiculous_patents/31.htm" rel="nofollow">http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi...</a> (gotta have one of these) Haha I found this article at business week on ridiculous patents and here are some of the good ones.

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi…

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi…

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0408_ridi… (gotta have one of these)

]]> By: Brad Feld http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-14481 Brad Feld Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:06:05 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-14481 You can’t.  The system needs to change.<br /> You can’t.  The system needs to change.

]]> By: JChauncey http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-14479 JChauncey Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:29:15 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-14479 I am still torn on whether you should even be able to patent things like this. I can see both sides of the argument, but obviously the people who grant patents typically do not understand what they are reading. So how can you trust them to make the right decision? and xkcd > * I am still torn on whether you should even be able to patent things like this. I can see both sides of the argument, but obviously the people who grant patents typically do not understand what they are reading. So how can you trust them to make the right decision?

and xkcd > *

]]> By: JChauncey http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-14478 JChauncey Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:27:42 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-14478 I am still torn on whether you should even be able to patent things like this. I can see both sides of the argument, but obviously the people who grant patents typically do not understand what they are reading. So how can you trust them to make the right decision? I am still torn on whether you should even be able to patent things like this. I can see both sides of the argument, but obviously the people who grant patents typically do not understand what they are reading. So how can you trust them to make the right decision?

]]> By: Chris B http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html/comment-page-1#comment-14477 Chris B Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:12:37 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/08/a-patent-ban-on-microsoft-word-and-a-haiku.html#comment-14477 Patents in standards? Of course not, errr???? Actually, there are thousands of patents now in standards and it's making the whole system untenable. I'm afraid it has become such a tight knot of craziness it's going to take more than a court overturning the judgement of a Texas District judge to sort it out. Patents in standards? Of course not, errr???? Actually, there are thousands of patents now in standards and it's making the whole system untenable. I'm afraid it has become such a tight knot of craziness it's going to take more than a court overturning the judgement of a Texas District judge to sort it out.

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