Re: [idn] RFC2026 - Section 10 Statement

["James Seng/Personal" <James@Seng.cc>]

I realised that even tho there are "unpatentable" stuff (like published I-D,
open ideas on mailing list etc), it does not prevent some from trying to file
a patent for it in the hope that

a) a slim chance the patent examiners let it thru
b) a patent-pending is useful for business reasons
   in fact, it makes sense just to keep it at this 'patent-pending' stage as
long
   as possible especially if it is really "unpatentable".

I have been asked to review at least 4 patent filed on the topic of IDN and
most, if not all are almost unpatentable IMHO.

ps: No, I am not commenting on Worldnames' here because I have yet to see it.

-James Seng

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hoffman / IMC" <phoffman@imc.org>
To: "J. William Semich" <bill@mail.nic.nu>; <idn@ops.ietf.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [idn] RFC2026 - Section 10 Statement


> Since much of what you describe on that page is unpatentable (given
> that it embodies things that were published as Internet Drafts),
> could you be more specific about what your patent application covers?
> Thanks!
>
> --Paul Hoffman, Director
> --Internet Mail Consortium