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[BCS]

Hello Nick,

> "BCS" <none at anon.com> wrote in message
> news:a6268ff157f28cce05385dcf99a at news.digitalmars.com...
> 
>> Hello Nick,
>> 
>>> Seems a weak reason. A programmer that's worried about infringing
>>> software patents can't write anything more useful than "Hello
>>> World". I'm seriously not convinced at all that it's even possible
>>> to write useful code that doesn't technically infringe on some
>>> software patent. As a programmer, either you accept the fact that
>>> what you do is inevitably going to trample software patents, or you
>>> just simply don't be a programmer. That's all there is.
>>> 
>> Or keep an eye on what people have actually been sued over and don't
>> do that.
>> 
>> In this case I'd be surprised if it could stand up in court.
>> 
> Especially since the Plaintiff would apperently be the modern-day
> Borland. Do they even exist anymore? If they do, would they even be
> able to afford a lawyer?

Yes they could, MS bought it (I'm not sure if that's the patent or the company, 
but MS has it now).

>> Unless SEH is insanely convoluted to implement I can't see how the
>> patent passes the non-obviousness criteria.
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventive_step_and_non-obviousness
>> 
>> I wonder if you can get a patent thrown out as invalid without
>> someone infringing on it?
>
> I've wondered that, too. Actually, I've wondered that about US laws in
> general. Being a US citizen (and having passed the manditory "American
> Government" class in high school) I probably *should* know... :/
> 

In the US we have two kinds of laws; the kind nobody should need and the 
kind nobody understands. ;)

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