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Story: UK firm claims patents on Internet downloading

Posted by: sid (Tuesday 22 June 2004, 5:05 PM)

With the greatest respect to you posters commenting on patents, why not go find out what is involved when registering a patent. It ain't easy.
1) You have to prove invention, it is not assumed.
2) Patents cover regions and in this case it is a US patent IE it is completely irrelevant whetherthe company with the patent is from the UK or from the Izbekistan! The Patent was issued by the US to cover the US. So if anyone missed something it would have been the US patent office!
3) A registration agent is used to file for patents (normally) since the wording and process is time consuming and is usually complex with this type of technology.