[PHP-DEV] [Fwd: [Freesw] on bad patents] From: Jim Jagielski (jim <email protected>)
Date: 11/12/00

Saw some messages on php-dev concerning gzipping content that
reminded me of this... This was on an Apache list:

Just a FYI.

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> Just to accompanying the talks on patenting software and IT, there is a
> nice article at
> http://www.callaw.com/stories/edt1031b.shtml
> The nice part is this one:
> "TechSearch -- a Chicago-based company that obtains ownership of patents
> and then
> seeks to enforce them -- filed a patent
> infringement suit against Aharonian in July. The
> company claims he is infringing its so-called
> "remote query communication system"
> patent, which covers a method for compressing
> and decompressing data transmitted
> from a server to an end user.
>
> Aharonian had said the patent is so broad that
> anyone with a Web server could be sued
> for infringement.
>
> "That's probably not incorrect," said
> TechSearch founder and president Anthony Brown. "
> Argh. scary.
>
> Carlo Daffara
>
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