The judge said that Hurco's patents were based on PC technology that was
available at the time the were formulated. Since Hurco did not revise their
patents to keep up with the changes in the technology, they were null and
void.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Elson [mailto:jmelson@...]
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 10:41 PM
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@...
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CPNC and Patents
Ron Ginger wrote:
I have read the notes about patent issues and am now concerned. I know
there are a few cases of crazy patents being taken seriously- like
Amazon.com patenting the use of cookies.
I know this group is not a source of real legal advice, but are we at
any risk if we start a public project to do a conversational program?
Is
there any company doing a conversational program and not paying
royalties?
Apparently, Haas didn't pay, and has been vindicated in court. I don't
know whether it was determined that the Haas product doesn't
infringe, or that the Hurco patents were overly broad, which sounds
awully likely. But, that doesn't mean that the court made that
determination.
Jon
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