PATENT ON COMP

Phil Albert, full-time patent attorney and philosopher says:

U>Unfortunately, too many people will follow the logic: this patent is 
U>bad, this patent is a "software" patent, therefore software patents 
U>are bad.  The proper logic is: this patent is bad, this patent
U>contains  invalid claims, therefore issuing patents with invalid
U>claims is bad.  

I think you need to hit the philosophy books a bit more. The proper logic is: Issuing patents containing invalid claims is bad. This patent contains invalid claims. Therefore, issuing this patent is bad.

Dave Thomas
david.thomas[_at_]asb.com

Dave T. Received on Sun Apr 24 1994 - 03:12:38 GMT