Bango sounds a little dumb, but maybe they know they are
being dumb, and have little choice - I've known startups
to not get funding because they wouldn't describe any
of their innovations as "patent pending," at least. Even
when they actually had innovations arguably worthy of
patenting.
Note also that public whomping on companies for software/web
patents is all out of proportion to the actual abuse - compare
PriceLine's dozens of web patents to Amazon's mere handful.
But who gets lined up against the wall and pumped full of
lead by the web/software community? Amazon. Why?
Because all the open-source software books we've ordered
from Amazon (at an average of $5 loss each, for Amazon) has
raised their profile far above PriceLine's in our eyes.
Please also note that organizations like the USPTO are not
there to certify the validity of patents per se, but rather to
make sure they pass some basic filing tests. The only real
test of a patent is in a successful defense. Blaming patent
offices for all stupid patents is like blaming traffic cops for
all stupid drivers.
-m
leap@gol.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kyle Barrow" <kyle@X-9.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:20 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: imode interface patents
> So true but this seems to increasingly be the modus operandi of companies
> with an inability to actually innovate and a patent organization that
issues
> first, litigates later.
>
> http://www.hatch.co.jp/e/index.html has also been playing the numbers game
> well before Bango.net so let the law suits begin.
>
> Kyle
>
> X-9 DESIGN LAB
> http://www.X-9.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Mika Tuupola
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:51 PM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: imode interface patents
>
> On Tue, 22 May 2001, Phillip Zadarnowski wrote:
>
> > Patents pending
> > Bango.net's innovative services and its specially developed systems and
> > technology are the subject of a number of patents under application. Any
> > party wishing to copy, derive or develop similar services is advised to
> > contact Bango.net in advance of so doing, to ensure non-infingement of
> > Bango.net's intellectual property or to discuss a license to use
> > Bango.net's services and technology.
>
> <sarcasm>
>
> This Internet thingy which some of you might have heard before
> also have this nifty capability of accessing web sites by using
> number. Like, http://www.appelsiini.net/ translates to
>
> http://193.65.127.17/
>
> and even
>
> http://3242295057/
>
> Now wonder if this Internet thingy violates any intellectual
> property rights of Bango?
>
> </sarcasm>
>
> --
> Mika Tuupola http://www.appelsiini.net/~tuupola/
>
>
>
>
>
> [ Did you check the archives? http://www.appelsiini.net/keitai-l/ ]
>
>
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Received on Wed May 23 11:25:52 2001