[107373] in Cypherpunks
Re: of interest?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Geer)
Wed Jan 13 00:29:39 1999
To: iang@systemics.com
Cc: cryptography@c2.net, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, dbs@philodox.com,
dcsb@ai.mit.edu, e$@vmeng.com, rah@shipwright.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 12 Jan 1999 22:47:04 EST."
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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 00:12:06 -0500
From: Dan Geer <geer@world.std.com>
Reply-To: Dan Geer <geer@world.std.com>
> Join Professors Franco Modigliani, Andrew Lo, Jeff Meldman, financial
> practitioner Francis Vitagliano, and patent attorney James Bollinger for an
> exciting exploration of Wall Street's hottest new phenomenon--Financial
> Patents! The four sessions in this series will feature:
Wot, you mean their proud of this?
Remember, the USPTO knows no prior art beyond its accumulated
patent files and with yesterday's Supreme Court upholding
of the State Street case, there have to be hothouses just
cranking patents as fast as their laser printers can go;
what have they got to lose except the filing fee? You think
anyone is going to challenge each and every one of these
jewels? Hah! The four professors have it right, here is
a low capital way to get a piece of existing action; I'm
just curious if they are speaking from experience or analysis.
I think I'll go patent a variety of frauds so I can get myself
added as an injured party to all the lawsuits of the next
century.
I won't crosspost again, promise...
--dan
