[CS-FSLUG] NI: Small company makes big claims on XML patents

[Ed Hurst]

Nathan T. wrote:

> Behold the idiocy of software patents, this one is incredibly dumb:
> " Charlotte, N.C.-based Scientigo owns two patents (No. 5,842,213 and No.
> 6,393,426) covering the transfer of "data in neutral forms." These patents,
> one of which was applied for in 1997, are infringed upon by the
> data-formatting standard XML . . ."

I note with some relief their patent describes the thing as
non-hierarchical. As everyone on Slashdot points out, XML is distinctly
hierarchical. There are other mismatches, as well.

-- 
Ed Hurst
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