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Subject: Re: Whither SmartBoard

Author: Steven Schwartz

Date: 12:37:21 02/24/98

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On February 24, 1998 at 14:51:25, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 24, 1998 at 12:21:58, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>
>>On February 24, 1998 at 12:07:18, Bert Seifriz wrote:
>>
>>>On February 24, 1998 at 08:58:28, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>>>>I have heard of a DGT board, but I have no details.
>>>>However, before we would get involved with any other
>>>>piece-recognition board, we certainly will consult
>>>>our patent attorneys and Bruce Bogner (Brehn).
>>>
>>>Hi Steve, is Bruce Bogner
>>>the father of Hal Bogner
>>>who used to run Chess Labs
>>>in South Pasadena?
>>>
>>>If so, I know that they were pursuing
>>>this thing a long time!
>>>Bert
>>
>>Hi Bert,
>>Yup! Hal is Bruce's son and yes, they have been at this
>>for quite awhile. After all, the patent is from 1991
>>and not much after that, Bruce traveled to TASC and not
>>much after that, TASC came out with the Smartboard.
>>
>>Bruce has been on TASC's case (literally) ever since.
>>- Steve
>
>
>Of course this is only about 13 years after the technology was
>displayed by Ken Thompson in Washington DC, 1978, at the ACM event
>that year.  :)
>
>It's a shame no one took up the gauntlet and challenged the patent
>based on widely-known prior work by Ken.

I could not agree more, Bob, and we would have pursued that
had we been the primary focus of the lawsuit.
-Steve



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