IP: sounds like a bad decision by the patent office.....again

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 13:51:35 -0400
> From: Tim Finin <finin () cs umbc edu>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> .
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> From:  Anupam Joshi <joshi () cs umbc edu>
> ...
> Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 10:18:55 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Thomas Hubbard" <hubbard () w3 org>
> To: www-mobile () w3 org
> Hi,
>
> I just got pointed to this link, it may be old news to you but I thought
> it deserved to be posted.
>
> ..."U.S. patent office has conditionally allowed Cell-Loc to claim the
> delivery of handset-based wireless location content and services over
> the Internet as its property, regardless of technological method
> employed."
>
> http://www.cell-loc.com/mdnews/NR000516.html
>
> tom.