Author: Stuart Cracraft
Date: 17:00:32 02/27/98
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On February 24, 1998 at 15:37:21, Steven Schwartz wrote: >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 Is there any way to go "backwards" and get a patent "ungranted"? --Stuart
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