[Leaplist] FYI, evidence of realities of IP

[Justin M. Keyes]

On 1/17/07, Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 January 2007 18:21, Phil Barnett wrote:
> > On Wednesday 17 January 2007 12:52, Steve Litt wrote:
> > > Also, as has been stated many times before, the patent office shouldn't
> > > grant patents to obvious things, business processes, etc.
> >
> > Define "obvious".
>
> One click ordering,  html links to name a couple. There are gray areas, but a
> lot of patents have been awarded waaaaay into the obvious zone.

As Socrates would point out: you gave an example, not a definition.

This is why all the mooks fight so endlessly and passionately: they
are fighting over preferences, not principles.

1 year, 5 years, 1000 years: these are arbitrary numbers.

The only question is principle: all or none. Either you hold a gun to
someone because you pretend to *own* an *idea*, or you don't. Ideas
are not property; only tangible objects can be owned.

-- 
Justin M. Keyes