W3C risks patent tussle in standard push

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What a nightmare

I find it astounding that anyone could "patent" this idea:

But the original idea behind Imielinski's Audioweb project was closer to the VoiceXML applications of today, including a 1-800 number that would access the Web, "long before there was Tellme," Imielinski said.

Why does the fact that someone thought that it might be neat to try 1-800 number access to the web back in 1995 give them a 20 year right to say that NOBODY ELSE can do that?

Software development is dangerous these days. There are any number of patents you can trip over.

And people wonder why big companies patent so much. If you HAVE patents, you can trade access to them, or beat someone suing you over the head with them in a countersuit.

Posted by: John Carroll   Posted on: 02/20/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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