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May 17	answered	Which patent claims did George Selden believe Henry Ford violated?
May 7	revised	Prior Art for a Database of Geographic Locations Missed a word.
Apr 27	answered	Prior Art for a Database of Geographic Locations
Apr 23	revised	General knowledge on how software patent-infringement lawsuits are evaluated Added note about SEO as an example of reverse-engineering algorithms hidden behind a service.
Apr 22	revised	General knowledge on how software patent-infringement lawsuits are evaluated added 26 characters in body
Apr 22	answered	General knowledge on how software patent-infringement lawsuits are evaluated
Mar 22	comment	CALL FOR PRIOR ART: (Twitter) “Device independent message distribution platform” (8401009) As an aside, the multi-server vs server difference is not important, because multiple machines are still involved: the implicitly mentioned server / "computer processor", the "first user's" and the "second user's" devices. It doesn't really matter if they are servers or smartphones because they're all simply "computing devices", so in that sense, Miski does not differ significantly. The client vs. server distinction might only matter in Miski when it comes to re-posting, which these claims do not address anyway. The difference in delivery methods is also not relevant.
Mar 22	comment	CALL FOR PRIOR ART: (Twitter) “Device independent message distribution platform” (8401009) Ah, I see, users subscribe to a combination of user + subject. That certainly is more Twitter-like, though it is still not exactly the same (i.e. requiring the creation of a "*" subject). Again, seems pedantic, but really, even tiny differences matter in interpreting claims. If the writeup had explicitly mentioned this possibility, it would make a stronger case for obviousness. However, from a quick trip to USPTO PAIR, it seems the followed/follower mechanic elements were what finally differentiated the claim from all the prior art, so Miski might yet prove to be very relevant.
Mar 22	answered	CALL FOR PRIOR ART: (Twitter) “Device independent message distribution platform” (8401009)
Mar 22	comment	Are there existing patents on electronic (web) Q&A forums? To add, experts-exchange.com also had at least one patent on their method of providing a Q&A website: US6064978. This one is much earlier and broader, but note that neither this nor the Microsoft patent is so broad as to cover the general concept of a "Q&A web forum"... The '978 patent relates to "organizing", "regulating" the "number and complexity of questions" and assigning a "quality" to answers, whereas the Microsoft one relates to finding, linking and ranking similar questions and answers. However, note also that these are only two examples of many, many related patents out there.
Mar 22	comment	Which Claims Are Alledged To Be Infringed By Facebook Causing Rembrandt Social Media To Sue For Infringement? The '316 patent (and one of its claims) has previously been discussed here... you might find some hints there.
Feb 28	comment	Is SIFT algorithm patent valid in Europe? I experimented mostly with SIFT and SURF (after starting with normalized cross-correlation) for my application, which involved somewhat big, good resolution images, and had soft real-time constraints. I tried SURF after finding SIFT to be a too slow. It's been a while, but I recall SURF being much faster than SIFT, but not much less robust, at least for my use case. Researching it some more, FAST seems like a good option: stackoverflow.com/questions/11172408/…
Feb 28	comment	Is SIFT algorithm patent valid in Europe? @AnderBiguri The actual phrasing used by the EPO guidelines is that patents cannot claim software "as such". Many misinterpret this to mean all software, but any invention that uses software or an algorithm to achieve, say, a "technical effect" (again, their words, and with very broad scope) is valid. This may be as simple as executing the algorithm on a computer, so the difference between "software", the algorithms it implements, and the machine running it is a rather philosophical issue that is somewhat unresolved in the context of patent law.
Feb 28	comment	Is SIFT algorithm patent valid in Europe? @GeorgeWhite You're right - logically, US patents having corresponding counterparts in the EPO does not necessarily imply that software patents exist in the EU. What I meant to say was that the fact that you still had to check was a hint that the EU software patent situation is not that clear-cut. So my use of "corollary" was incorrect (but, apparently, still apt in your context!)
Feb 28	comment	Is SIFT algorithm patent valid in Europe? An important corollary of @GeorgeWhite's answer is that US patents having corresponding EPO patents indicates that there are so-called "software" patents in EU too. It's a common misunderstanding that they don't exist in the EU.
Feb 28	answered	Is SIFT algorithm patent valid in Europe?
Feb 14	revised	Would this, given the global usage of diaries on both big and small websites, still be a valid patent? Fixed grammar
Feb 13	answered	Would this, given the global usage of diaries on both big and small websites, still be a valid patent?
Feb 11	answered	How best to patent idea while working for company?
Feb 2	comment	Benefits of Software Patents for the software developer (freelancer, companies…) @LuisAlvarado You may be talking about Lodsys, who made news for targeting small shops and independent devs who could not afford proper legal defense. I agree that there are abuses of the system, and their's seems to be a particularly egregious one. I believe the flaw lies more in the extreme asymmetry in the legal costs to the NPE and the cost to the defendants. Fortunately, cases of NPEs targeting "small fish" have been very rare so far, but that may change at any time. But definitely a problem that needs to be addressed.