Re: Re: Patent applications by someone else
"Mark L. Gaubatz" <[email protected]> Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:00:19 -0700
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On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 22:23 +0200, Roger Bowler wrote:
> It's a disgrace that someone is allowed to even apply for a patent for
> such
> an obvious technique like this one:
> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20070271307.pdf
>
> At the time this application was filed, Hercules had already publicly
> implemented shadow files some 5 years earlier. And I don't suppose
> Hercules
> was the first to think of the idea either.
The patent process failed horrifically, this patent doesn't even refer
to any existing art, and how it differentiates itself from any existing
art. In the storage arena alone, this patent also steps on pre-existing
patents covering sidefiles (at which point the volume may be flagged as
read-only), and many other storage patents from IBM, EMC, and HDS (they
cross-license the patent technology in this area to each other). On top
of this, the patent was designed for SCSI volumes, but written in a way
that permits the patent to attempt to sneak around pre-existing and
copyrighted art, and place all under the patent. This patent also steps
on the patent for TDMF (I should have been listed within the patent, it
was not just Carey Atkin alone; but then there were the Amdahl
attorneys). The only "real" difference in the art is the statement of
the base being "read-only".
Perhaps someone with deep pockets should go after Greenberg Traurig,
LLP, for pushing Bergsten's patent through the system (paragraph 1 of
patent, related application), without a thorough review of the "art"...
Mark L. Gaubatz
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<p>On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 22:23 +0200, Roger Bowler wrote:<br>
<br>
> It's a disgrace that someone is allowed to even apply for a patent for<br>
> such <br>
> an obvious technique like this one:<br>
> <a href="http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20070271307.pdf">http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20070271307.pdf</a><br>
> <br>
> At the time this application was filed, Hercules had already publicly <br>
> implemented shadow files some 5 years earlier. And I don't suppose<br>
> Hercules <br>
> was the first to think of the idea either.<br>
<br>
The patent process failed horrifically, this patent doesn't even refer<br>
to any existing art, and how it differentiates itself from any existing<br>
art. In the storage arena alone, this patent also steps on pre-existing<br>
patents covering sidefiles (at which point the volume may be flagged as<br>
read-only), and many other storage patents from IBM, EMC, and HDS (they<br>
cross-license the patent technology in this area to each other). On top<br>
of this, the patent was designed for SCSI volumes, but written in a way<br>
that permits the patent to attempt to sneak around pre-existing and<br>
copyrighted art, and place all under the patent. This patent also steps<br>
on the patent for TDMF (I should have been listed within the patent, it<br>
was not just Carey Atkin alone; but then there were the Amdahl<br>
attorneys). The only "real" difference in the art is the statement of<br>
the base being "read-only".<br>
<br>
Perhaps someone with deep pockets should go after Greenberg Traurig,<br>
LLP, for pushing Bergsten's patent through the system (paragraph 1 of<br>
patent, related application), without a thorough review of the "art"...<br>
<br>
Mark L. Gaubatz<br>
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