- From: adasal <adam.saltiel@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 20:22:35 +0100
- To: Joel Natividad <joel.natividad@gmail.com>
- Cc: Graham Klyne <GK-lists@ninebynine.org>, Martin Hepp <martin.hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org>, semantic-web at W3C <semantic-web@w3c.org>, public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CANJ1O4oji-4ORYDXrSE3SDL8DoQeryuDFbYn+W77Nn6mRMFLPQ@mail.gmail.com>
A brace of Joels -:) That's interesting ... Well this is something of legitimate public group interest where, it seems, people are not powerless. Best, Adam On 1 August 2013 18:13, Joel Natividad <joel.natividad@gmail.com> wrote: > Second askpatents.com. > > Joel Spolsky <http://joelonsoftware.com> relates a story how he was able > to kill a Microsoft patent with 15 minutes of his time by showing prior art. > > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2013/07/22.html > > ======================================================= > Think Different! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_different#Text) > Imagine Different! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tOgRD4EqY) > > > On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Graham Klyne <GK-lists@ninebynine.org>wrote: > >> I don't have a "legal department to challenge the patent", but in case it >> helps: >> >> http://www.ninebynine.org/**SWAD-E/Scenario-HomeNetwork/** >> HomeNetworkConfig.html<http://www.ninebynine.org/SWAD-E/Scenario-HomeNetwork/HomeNetworkConfig.html> >> >> This was work I did around 2002-03, and includes use of RDF technologies >> to set access controls on a Cisco IOS router, which appears to correspond >> to the first primary claim of the patent: >> >> [[ >> 1. An enforcement system for enforcing policies with regard to service >> requests comprising a processor-readable, non-transient medium storing code >> representing instructions that when executed at a processor cause the >> processor to implement: a plurality of enforcer agents adapted to enforce >> policies; at least one explorer agent adapted to evaluate policy >> enforcement capabilities available to the enforcement system; and a policy >> decision point adapted to identify the policies that need to be enforced >> for a service request and to pass this information to at least one enforcer >> agent to enforce the identified policies. >> ]] >> >> I recall there was also an Internet draft published about this time that >> talked about using RDF in a network management control layer: see >> http://tools.ietf.org/html/**draft-atarashi-netconfmodel-** >> architecture-00<http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-atarashi-netconfmodel-architecture-00> >> . >> >> #g >> -- >> >> >> >> On 31/07/2013 20:15, Martin Hepp wrote: >> >>> Dear all: >>> >>> Yesterday, Hewlett Packard has been granted a patent on "Policy >>> Enforcement": >>> >>> http://www.freepatentsonline.**com/8498959.html<http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8498959.html> >>> http://www.freepatentsonline.**com/8498959..pdf<http://www.freepatentsonline.com/8498959.pdf> >>> >>> >>> As far as I can see, it heavily constrains the commercial exploitation >>> of research done in the Semantic Web / Semantic Web Services community from >>> 2001-2009. >>> >>> So if you worked on policies in the context of Semantic Web Services or >>> Semantic Business Process Management before November 2009, it may be >>> worthwhile to check whether the patent claims inventions that you can prove >>> to have been prior art at that time. >>> >>> This may be particularly relevant for the organizers and contributors to >>> the various policy workshops co-located with ISWC/ESWC conferences. >>> >>> I am not familiar with the legal process, but if you feel this patent >>> claims what was already publicly known / discussed at conferences back >>> then, please ask your employer or legal department to challenge the patent. >>> It may otherwise put the usage of SWS in business applications at risk. >>> >>> Best wishes >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> ------------------------------**-------------------------- >>> martin hepp >>> e-business & web science research group >>> universitaet der bundeswehr muenchen >>> >>> e-mail: hepp@ebusiness-unibw.org >>> phone: +49-(0)89-6004-4217 >>> fax: +49-(0)89-6004-4620 >>> www: http://www.unibw.de/ebusiness/ (group) >>> http://www.heppnetz.de/ (personal) >>> skype: mfhepp >>> twitter: mfhepp >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
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