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[DMCA-Activists] W3C files at USPTO Re 'Eolas' Patent
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Seth Johnson |
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[DMCA-Activists] W3C files at USPTO Re 'Eolas' Patent |
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Wed, 29 Oct 2003 13:07:03 -0500 |
(Forwarded from Interesting People list)
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Farber <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 12:33:46 -0500
Subject: [IP] W3C files at the US Patent & Trademark Office regarding
the 'Eolas' patent]
Delivered-To: address@hidden
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 11:28:49 -0500
From: Daniel Weitzner <address@hidden>
Subject: W3C files at the US Patent & Trademark Office regarding the
Eolas' patent
To: Dave Farber <address@hidden>
[for IP if you like - danny]
World Wide Web Consortium Presents US Patent Office with Evidence
Invalidating Eolas Patent
http://www.w3.org -- 29 October 2003 -- The World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C), the global standard-setting body for the Web, has presented the
United States Patent and Trademark Office with prior art establishing
that US Patent No. 5,838,906 (the '906 patent) is invalid and should
therefore be re-examined in order to eliminate this unjustified
impediment to the operation of the Web. The W3C is urging US Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property James E. Rogan to
initiate a re-examination of the patent because the critical prior art
was neither considered at the time the patent was initially examined
and granted, nor during recent patent infringement litigation.
In an unprecedented step, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor
of the Web, sent a letter today to Under Secretary Rogan requesting
that his office reinvestigate the matter. "W3C urges the USPTO to
initiate a reexamination of the '906 patent in order to prevent
substantial economic and technical damage to the operation of World
Wide Web," stated Berners-Lee. "The impact of this patent will be felt
not only by those who are alleged to directly infringe, but all whose
web pages and application rely on the stable, standards-based
operation of browsers threatened by this patent. In many cases, those
who will be forced to incur the cost of modifying Web pages or
software applications do not even themselves infringe the patent -
assuming it is even valid.
Letter Urging Action: http://www.w3.org/2003/10/27-rogan.html
Detailed Filing: http://www.w3.org/2003/10/301-filing.html
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Daniel J. Weitzner +1.617.253.8036 (MIT)
World Wide Web Consortium +1.202.364.4750 (DC)
Technology & Society Domain Leader <address@hidden>
http://www.w3.org/People/Weitzner.html
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