Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:3145 comp.misc:12608 comp.dcom.modems:9826 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!uupsi!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.misc,comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: hayes lawsuit Message-ID: <-_EB4R7@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 19 May 91 14:31:21 GMT References: <1991May19.123246.6857@unlinfo.unl.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 16 In article <1991May19.123246.6857@unlinfo.unl.edu>, riddle@hoss.unl.edu (Michael H. Riddle) writes: > The Congress, not the courts, is the proper place to challenge the law. > If enough congress.critters can be convinced, you can get the law changed > to read the way you want it to read. The law already reads the way we want it to read. The problem is that the interpretation of the law by the patent office has changed. Hayes is (among many other people taking advantage of the change in interpretation) patenting an algorithm. That is not what the patent system was intended, designed, nor implemented for... and it is only the lack of technical understanding by the members of the legal system (to have created this loophole in the first place), and the patent system (to allow such incredible abuses of it) that lets hayes, AT&T, and other entities get away with this sort of thing. -- Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?"