1 May
1993
1 May
'93
9:23 p.m.
Once in court, it will make the newspapers. A private company profiteering from something the taxpayers paid for
Uhh, I hate to inform you, but this was discussed back in the Congress in the 1960's. It was decided, then, that patents COULD be obtained fromm research done using gov't funding. Therefore, this is nothing new. In fact, I doubt a paper would even touch this "scoop"... As to whether or no I agree with this, well, thats a different topic. (I happen to believe that patents on algorithms are stupid, but that's besides the point). In other words, there was nothing illegal in the RSA patent, even if there was gov't funding.... -derek