[OSM-talk] multimap patent

[Richard Fairhurst]

Quoting Andy Robinson <Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk>:

> Has Mulimap's patents been discussed here at some point. Ought we to have a
> page on the wiki that summarises what we know about patents that we need to
> be careful about. The Navtech curves patent were discussed previously

The Multimap patent has certainly been discussed on other carto/geo lists, and
the generally unanimous conclusion is that there is so much "prior art" that
it's unenforceable.

http://www.google.com/search?q=multimap+patent+%22prior+art%22

Richard