25 Jul
2012
25 Jul
'12
11:17 p.m.
On 26 July 2012 02:10, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
Peter did not mention the actual _claims_ of the patent, which are the substance of what Apple purport to own. Many patents in recent years have been laughably flimsy, but a fair assessment of this one requires looking at more than just the furnished illustrations.
Andrew Tridgell gave an excellent talk on how to read patents in LCA2010. http://lwn.net/Articles/379939/ http://news.swpat.org/2010/03/transcript-tridgell-patents/ 2nd link also has links to videos. In summary you do need to read the details, You can't use the title or the summary to tell what the patent covers (as many people do). -- Brian May <brian@microcomaustralia.com.au>