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Re: [Asrg] US Spam patents: Partial list

Yakov Shafranovich <research@solidmatrix.com> Sun, 15 June 2003 18:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Asrg] US Spam patents: Partial list
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Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 12:11:13 -0400

At 09:24 AM 6/15/2003 -0400, Alan DeKok wrote:

>"Peter Kay" <peter@titankey.com> wrote:
> > I think those type of comments and questions about what is patentable or
> > not are unproductive to this list,
>
>   Discussions of prior art for anti-spam patents should be explicitely
>on-topic for this list.

I was originally planning on tracking prior art from the list for the 
document I am keeping. However, there is simply so much information being 
provided that I am rethinking the decision. However, I would have to agree 
with Alan about this: prior art discussions are practically useless for 
patents that have been already granted, since the group is not planning on 
using the prior art to challenge the patents. The only useful utility that 
may possible come from prior art is the determination of how strong the 
patent is - but then again we are not lawyers.

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