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Oracle patents content management systems

Posted Jul 12, 2004 22:05 UTC (Mon) by ltilby (guest, #22998)
Parent article: Oracle patents content management systems

How many of the afore mentioned software packages were
ever submitted for patents? There is a LOT of good
software out there that has never been patented. From
my own experience, if a type of product has never been
submitted for a patent, the patent office will not
know about it.

However, the writers of the afore mentioned software
could sue for copyright enfringement! Perhaps a
class action suite would be in order?

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Posted Jul 13, 2004 12:05 UTC (Tue) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501) [Link]

For one thing, a free software can easily easablish prior art because all versions are published, and often many of the discussions in mailing lists prior to the publication are published.

Granting a patent is a long process in which some lawyers get some money for something that is basically doesn't worth much to the developer.

Oracle patents content management systems

Posted Jul 13, 2004 12:35 UTC (Tue) by chel (guest, #11544) [Link]

"From my own experience, if a type of product has never been submitted for a patent, the patent office will not know about it."
Then it time to apply for a patent om the wheel.

Oracle patents content management systems

Posted Jul 13, 2004 13:53 UTC (Tue) by dpash (guest, #1408) [Link]

I'm sorry. How could they sue for copyright infringement?