[1494] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Netscape SSL Patent
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Jablon)
Mon Sep 15 15:07:18 1997
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 14:53:01 -0400
To: Marc Horowitz <marc@cygnus.com>
From: David Jablon <dpj@world.std.com>
Cc: cryptography@c2.net
In-Reply-To: <t53en6qjxe2.fsf@rover.cygnus.com>
Marc Horowitz wrote:
>>> > ... Similarly, if I have prior art for a subset of the
>>> > listed items, is that grounds to invalidate the entire claim?
David Jablon replied:
>>> Maybe, in special cases. But the easier way is to show
>>> prior art using all elements.
Marc wrote:
> Is it adequate to have multiple instances of prior art which together
> include all the elements, or do we need one instance which includes
> them all?
One for all makes it easy. Otherwise one might have to
argue whether a combination of multiple instances is "obvious".
Further questions may require more expert legal advise
than you'll find for free on this crypto-oriented list.
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David Jablon
Integrity Sciences, Inc.
dpj@world.std.com
<http://world.std.com/~dpj/>
