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Story: Microsoft slammed over XML patent
Posted by: Anonymous (Thursday 2 June 2005, 6:51 PM)
I worked for Bowstreet. We were serializing communications and programming objects into and out of XML before 2000. I don't know the particulars of the Microsoft patent but I'm sure I could scare up some design notes that might establish prior art.
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Story: Microsoft slammed over XML patent
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Where's the liability for awarding wrong patents? Arthur B. -
there is none
this spells the end for XML Anonymous
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Well, it's not the end of XML for storing obj... Cirilo Bernardo -
XML was born as a particular format for data stora... Anonymous
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It just seems people who review patents at patent... Roderick Klein
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Whatever happened to prior art?
I worked as a pate... Anonymous
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To be fair to the patent office in this case... Wookey
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The link in the article points to the wrong patent... Bill Price
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Thanks for pointing that out Bill. I have up... Ingrid Marson
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The United States Patent office merely takes the p... Thomas J. Mousseau
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I am sorry to disagree, as most people don't... John Washington
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geez louise... they're expecting folks to just see... c r vrij
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isn't a software company supposed to make mon... ivan tonchev
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Look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/sxp - isn'... Anonymous
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I worked for Bowstreet. We were serializing commu... Anonymous -
Would this mean that C++ or other programming lang... Anonymous
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At this rate, I soon will not be able to init... S. Johnson
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It's a variable. Could represent anythin... Chris -
I know the US patent system is based on grant firs... Andrew Evans
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