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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