Re IBM gets a patent on "out-of-office" e-mail messages--in 2017

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dave Bachmann <bachmann () us ibm com>
Date: Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [IP] IBM gets a patent on "out-of-office" e-mail messages--in
2017
To: <dave () farber net>


Hi Dave, I see the article was updated later this afternoon:

*Update 3:53 pm:* Asked about EFF's criticisms of the patent, an IBM
spokesperson said that "IBM has decided to dedicate the patent to the
public." The company notified USPTO today that it will forego its rights to
the patent.

dave


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From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
To: "ip" <ip () listbox com>
Date: 03/01/2017 02:08 PM
Subject: [IP] IBM gets a patent on "out-of-office" e-mail messages--in 2017
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      IBM gets a patent on "out-of-office" e-mail messages--in 2017

*https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/effs-stupid-patent-of-the-month-ibm-claims-ownership-of-out-of-office-e-mail/*
      
<https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/03/effs-stupid-patent-of-the-month-ibm-claims-ownership-of-out-of-office-e-mail/>

      The "invention" represented in the '842 patent is starkly at
      odds with the real history of technology, accessible in this
      case via a basic Google search. EFF lawyer Daniel Nazer, who
      wrote about the '842 patent in this month's "Stupid Patent of
      the Month" blog post, points to an article on a Microsoft
      publicity page that talks about quirky out-of-office e-mail
      culture dating back to the 1980s, when Microsoft marketed its
      Xenix e-mail system (the predecessor to today's Exchange.)

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