Don Lancaster was right about patents

It's the same way with other frivolous suits, shake downs or attempts to get something for free. Our local airport tried to pull that off and in the wake they trashed most of the good will they had in the community. Problem was, one guy (yours truly) wasn't budging and helped organize the other victims. Then we told them to come and get us, followed by some media exposure. As a last act of good will I sent them several pages evidencing why they'd lose a court battle but that I'd be willing to fight. Boy did that change their attitude. So no, you don't have to back down when someone tries a patent lawsuit that is obviously meritless. I certainly wouldn't.

I've had too many occasions where I had to actually take over and write appeals and stuff myself which were then verbatim filed. Once an attorney even said "Joerg, this makes no sense, I can't support doing that". So I did it myself and prevailed (the lawyer was quite blown away when I faxed it over). That caused a wee ding in my trust in the legal profession.

Nothing to laugh, sounds very technical. But I am not an expert in cache memory systems.

BTW, there is a typo in claim 1 (powerinig) :-)

Well, IBM is a great company to work for. My pa says so and he ought to know. Don't think it's much different in consulting. While I typically reserve the right to use and market inventions outside my clients business area they own the rights for their turf. After all, they pay me for the work. And most of it is so special that it's not useful outside their markets. Except for the competition but that's a big no-no.

It woud be profit by litigation of the "abusers".

It is not an extra inch, it is an extra, silly millimeter: Benson and Hedges!

My latest joust with the "powers that be"...

It's been an annual fight here with the Home Owner's Association to get them to trim a "big-ass" tree that overhangs my property (from the Mountain Preserve, which the HOA is responsible for maintaining).

Each year, after some harsh words, they'd finally come and trim it.

This year "the new punk in-charge" of maintenance decided they'd just cut it down.

Within one hour I had rounded up...

Two of my attorneys Two newspapers sending reporters The Sierra Club A City of Phoenix Councilman

I also sent them a picture of the pair of great horned owls who live there in the winter.

The HOA decided suddenly that they could trim the tree after all.

They sent a crew of Mexicans out with instructions to trim it exactly to my specifications.

And they sent "the new punk in-charge" to make sure it happened.

What was funny, nearly in tears, he said, "You called me a _cretin_ in the newspaper" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 00:06:51 GMT, "Genome" Gave us:

Is that your way of saying that you don't have enough to go around? :-]

On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:05:09 GMT, "Genome" Gave us:

That's his proof that he was wrong more than once.

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 10:44:18 -0500, krw Gave us:

Keep your hands out of your pants!

Thompson's Rule of Learning (from my father):

The only things that are truly learned (and stay with you) are those things that you learn the hard way.

...Jim Thompson

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On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:45:51 GMT, Joerg Gave us:

What? You've never heard of a power inigma? :-]

Haven't called anyone names but the print media is basically how we stopped a nasty threat from our local airport. No attorneys needed, I drafted an attorney style letter myself and that shook the board up pretty good. They became extremely friendly thereafter ;-)

"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

Erm.... OK. Obviously this is for the thick people...... and lazy arses as well. Not 100% yet but you get to play.

I'll add the complex stuff later on tonight and tidy up.

DNA

You forgot "half-fast", but that "suckage' is pretty cool ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Did you tell him that they couldn't print what you really called him?

I made precisely *one dollar* from my patent at work, paid in cash. It paid for half a banana muffin for morning tea. Yummy, or at least half of it was.

Dave :)

No taxes withheld? ;-) Bardeen, Shockley, and Brattain were paid $1 for the transistor patent too (don't know if they bought a banana muffin).

You got help from the Sierra Club?

Leftist weenie...

I figured someone would get on my case for that.

If you can't beat your opponent directly, wear 'em down with screamers ;-)

...Jim Thompson

The chlosteral in the muffin is likely to rack up humongous medical costs.

This is typical of the patent system.

There is NO WAY that you profited from the patent system by a whole dollar.

It simply NEVER happens to individuals and small scale startups.