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Re: DEPLOY: Prior Art for Sender-ID (was Re: DEPLOY: SPF/Sender ID support in Courier.)

2004-08-31 11:41:21

Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. wrote:


IMHO, in light of the possible prior art, it may be very probably that
the potential patent application is invalid or will not approved.
Therefore, it might be feasible to ignore the IPR claim all together  and
preceed with approval of Sender-ID.


Oh dear.

Never, *ever* make the mistake of thinking that a patent application will not be approved because of prior art.

You'd be stunned at the things which are granted patents where the prior art seems *so* obvious to anyone who knows (and that is a key - the guys at the USPTO can't know everything, and it is not their job to know everything).

Right now the MO at the USPTO seems to be "approve everything, and let them sort it out in the courts".


Thanks for the correction. Ah, the wonders of our legal system.

Yakov