07-30-2003, 12:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by fiveyes
I heard a lot of (what I took to be deliberate) misinformation from this Berman guy.
All of his talk of exhaustive prior art searches already been done, for instance, I'm certain was to dissuade anyone from going that direction. With the tons of volumes of published works out there, coupled with the fact that most searches have been performed by their side to date, the chances are good that a decisive paper or publication has been overlooked.
But his statement that each claim had to be invalidated by prior art was pure bs- attacking a patent on the grounds that it would've been "obvious to a person skilled in the art" has had success in the past.
And finally, Acacia seems to disregard the fact that video was being downloaded from subscription BBS' throughout the '80's (albeit a very small portion of the offered files due to modem speeds at the time). Unless they can show how the way we present video offerings differs from back then, why I guess they were trying to patent breathing after all...
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