[ic] divine, Inc. patent infringements

[Robert Fournerat]

Kevin Walsh wrote:
> L M [lmurch1@earthlink.net] wrote:
> 
>>Divine Inc has submitted claims against some big players. FTD.COM for one.
>>Amazon appears to be out of the picture as they were online prior to the
>>patent filing in 1998.
>>
> 
> So why do they have a patent at all?  Isn't "prior art" a consideration
> any longer?  Not that I care either way, of course.
> 
> Software and business practice patents - just say no. :-)
> 

Just in case people don't know...  Business and finance
people (CEO's, CFO's,investors, etc.) have a strategy they
like to use called, "barriers to entry".  This means they
aggressively persue things like patents to prevent others
from entering "their market", instead of applying resources
to improve the product.

Robert