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I think that this article is either important or certainly a part/example of something beyond a little important.

I wrote a letter to VueStar here:

http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?PriorArtInvalidPatentsAndMailFraud

In it, I note that the patent could not possibly be valid for the following reasons:

  • It is provably prior art.
  • It is trivial in nature and does not meet the criteria of a valid patent.

The reason I feel this is important is two-fold:

  • The issue itself threatens all of public discourse. If such broad claims on trivial 'inventions' that are already prior art are allowed to stand, it will become effectively impossible to do anything on the Internet. I am not speaking of this one particular patent, but of the principle that if something so obviously deficient as this is allowed to stand, so will a labyrinth of other dubious patents be allowed to stand and, since we have said its OK to patent something that is so obviously prior art, others will follow. Between them, they will render all further use of technology impossible. This one patent, for instance, if it were enforced against Wikipedia, would effectively destroy it. I would contend that something that threatens this entire enterprise (this one particular patent does). Is something above 'low' importance.
  • This particular patent is a near perfect example of how damaging the current patent regime is and how far out of control it has become. Even by the lax standards of the modern patent systems, this is a flimsy patent. The fact that it remained (remains?) in force speaks volumes. It is plain on its face that it is not a valid patent and the fact that it was not struck down immediately upon exposure shows that the threat is a real one.

[Feel free to refactor mercilessly (not that you need my permission). I am not certain this belongs here, but WikiPedia has become so onerous to contribute to that even a long term WikiZen like me has mostly given up serious attempts to add content]

DeepNorth (talk) 09:35, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Last edited at 09:35, 9 March 2009 (UTC). Substituted at 10:05, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

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