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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, February 09 2013 @ 11:03 PM EST |
This could lead to the next gold rush as people stake out their numbers and wait
for someone to use it. There is probably a good supply of prior art for the
numbers upto 6 digits, but after that since most use Scientific notation, or
round to Millions, Billions and Trillions there should be plenty to go around.
The lawyers will make money even if it is a zero sum game.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: OpenSourceFTW on Sunday, February 10 2013 @ 01:53 PM EST |
It may not be a law of nature, but it is an abstract concept if you think about
it.
What is a number? What is a "2". It's not something concrete, that's
for sure. I can't say: "Hey, look at that 2 over there."
2 is a symbol that we have defined as representing the abstract concept of
"2". We know "two" when we see it, but try defining it in a
dictionary. Webster defines it as "being one more than one in number,"
a somewhat tautological way to define it (one is defined as, um, one).
I agree that numbers are human constructs, but I disagree that they can be
patentable.
Besides how do you infringe on "number" patent? Using it by mistake?
What if it happens to be a result to an equation? A different equation than the
one in the patent?
If it is only infringing if you use the same algorithm to produce the same
number, why patent it? You already know the result, why would someone else want
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| Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Sunday, February 10 2013 @ 10:23 PM EST |
Math and Logic just exist. Period.
It does matter if the universe exists or not,
nor whether there are any sentient beings
around to observe the math or logic.
Now, mathematical and logic descriptive systems,
that is another story. And on planet Zygor, those
descriptive systems would likely not match those
that you are familiar with.
But that does not change the fact that Math and Logic
just exist, whether there are descriptive systems
in existence or not.
And 2 (a symbol that represents the set of all sets
that contain 2 members) is also equal to II (a symbol
in a different descriptive system call Roman Numerals).
But, let me repeat, again, because I have been trying
to point this out here on Groklaw for years, NO ONE
invented MATH or LOGIC. NO ONE. And NO ONE deserves
any kind of patent protection for something that any one
else can independently create.
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You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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