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Re: strokes-mode and touchscreen patents? was Re: emacs and touchscreen
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David O'Toole |
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Re: strokes-mode and touchscreen patents? was Re: emacs and touchscreen |
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Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:10:21 -0500 |
If I do by some chance strike it rich, I would want to fund prior art research.
On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <address@hidden> wrote:
> David O'Toole writes:
> > Something occurred to me today after watching my touchscreen
> > strokes-mode video. Could the gesture recognition in strokes.el either
> > 1. be threatened by patents that existed prior to 1997 (the first year
> > of copyright listed in strokes.el) or 2. qualify as prior art for
> > techniques patented later?
>
> 1. Yes. But why limit to earlier patents? It infringes patents
> granted afterward, as well. Once a patent is granted, it is the
> defendent's problem to break the patent, not the patentholder's
> problem to justify the patent. This is very costly even if you
> have rock-solid prior art.
>
> 2. Yes. But see point 1 for why this doesn't really matter to you
> unless you're really rich.
>
>