[OSM-talk] Patents

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 09:59:59AM +0000, Dave wrote:
> On 1/10/07, Lester Caine <lester at lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> >http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220050270299%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20050270299&RS=DN/20050270299
> >in particular seems to cover just about evey aspect of the current
> >'slippy map' ?
> 
> 
> hmmm....
> 
> Looks like a software patent so probably completely unenforceable in the UK.

Yes, probably so.

> And also, doesn't this cover google's slippy map too? in which case the
> patent has the minor problem of being filed about a month and a half after
> google maps was launched.

Jens and Lars Rasmussen are the people who created Google Maps.

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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