Comments on: Flash, Java? We’ve got those patented https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/02/flash-java-weve-got-those-patented/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:46:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Deoxy https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/02/flash-java-weve-got-those-patented/comment-page-1/#comment-2308 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:46:49 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3149#comment-2308 I’d like to patent the transfer of email acrross the internet. Just as reasonable as what this guy has somehow managed to do…

]]> By: E-Bell https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/02/flash-java-weve-got-those-patented/comment-page-1/#comment-2307 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:31:03 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3149#comment-2307 Because he began developing the methods and processes more than a half decade ago, he believes he can prove his invention is novel and nonobvious, two requirements to get a patent, and can fend off any patent challenges from potential licensees who might contend the invention is neither new nor obscure. “Are we ready to defend our patent?” Balthaser asks. “Absolutely. We’re ready to defend it vigorously if we have to. But [litigation is] not the approach we’re taking in terms of licensing.”

I’m neither a patent lawyer nor a software developer, but I’m pretty sure that Flash and Java have been around for more than “half a decade.” The USPTO is notorious, at least in internet circles, for granting patents to obvious applications with lots of prior art. Is this another example? Or am I missing something?

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