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Re: Gateway patent using Lego
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 8 Jan 2003 17:40:33 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Erik Olson writes:
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> LDraw may not be prior art, despite the fact that it is, because: there is a
> lack of printed publications. Your book starts the clock at late 2002; however
> the land grab at the patent office began years ago (applications are made
> public 18 months after receipt, so use your rear view mirror.)
Thanks for the clarification. I did not know that internet documents did not
classify as prior art (bewildering in itself - are these the people we trust
to sort out the legalities of technology?). If it helps, there is at least
one other book prior to ours that talks about Ldraw. Part four of Jin Sato's
Lego Mindstorms: The Master's Technique is called Lego Cad. However, the
ISBN date is April 2002.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1886411565/102-8123229-8952965?vi=glance
Any articles published in any magazine prior to that?
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| "miguel agullo" <technicpuppy@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet news:H8Ep3L.7Mo@lugnet.com... (...) Well, both LDRAW, MLCad and BlockCAD has been mentioned in different computer magazines before that, I think the german c't wrote about all of them in (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) It's not the same as LDraw, in fact it's something quite different, but clearly anticipated by Fred Martin and others. Don't worry, Lego is way out ahead of these guys at Gateway in claiming intellectual property rights. But do worry, it will (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad)
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