http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/08/04/blackboard-patent-in-plain-english/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/08/04/blackboard-patent-in-plain-english/#comment-82211 Michael Feldstein Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 549911366#comment-82211 My (non-lawyer's) understanding is that whether Blackboard owns the company that produced the prior art is irrelevant to the case. People who are smarter than I am have told me that, as long as the invention was public prior to the time of the filing, even Blackboard's own system would constitute prior art. My (non-lawyer's) understanding is that whether Blackboard owns the company that produced the prior art is irrelevant to the case. People who are smarter than I am have told me that, as long as the invention was public prior to the time of the filing, even Blackboard's own system would constitute prior art.

]]> http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/08/04/blackboard-patent-in-plain-english/#comment-82212 Sami Khan Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 549911366#comment-82212 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_art http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_art
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent

]]> http://www.darcynorman.net/2006/08/04/blackboard-patent-in-plain-english/#comment-82213 Sami Khan Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 549911366#comment-82213 Also Groklaw has a <a href="http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20060414004039219">primer</a> on prior art. Also Groklaw has a primer on prior art.

]]>