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From: Martin Guy <martinwguy@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-embedded] OT: ? Embedded Patent Fraud
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:31:16 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56d259a01002090331l3a3a11c2p857e14ff75c99765@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100209084131.22987.qmail@stuge.se>

On 2/9/10, Peter Stuge <peter@stuge.se> wrote:
> wireless wrote:
>  > This patent looks like the poster child for embedded system,
>  > that should not have been issued.
> Pretty much, it looks like. It covers any CPU+FPGA system where the
>  FPGA is used for any of signal I/O, co-processing, HID, graphics,
>  signal processing, communications and battery charging. :)

It should be unenforceable due to prior art (and should not have been
granted for the same reason). Of course, the idiots in question might
still try to waste your time. Intellectual property? Intellectual
theft!

   M



      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-02-09 12:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-04 13:56 [gentoo-embedded] OT: ? Embedded Patent Fraud wireless
2010-02-09  8:41 ` Peter Stuge
2010-02-09 11:21   ` wireless
2010-02-09 11:31   ` Martin Guy [this message]

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