On Wednesday, December 25, 2019, 12:43:50 PM PST, Punk-Stasi 2.0 <punks@tfwno.gf> wrote:
On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 18:55:59 +0000 (UTC)
jim bell <
jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In implementing that, I had just invented the Disk Emulator, or semiconductor disk. Technically, there may have been a similar thing for mainframes, but mine was the first for Personal Computers.
> as if we needed more proof of what kind of fraud so called 'intelectual property' is.
> XXXX 'technically' existed but I RE-'invented' it anyway haha
I didn't attempt to patent my SemiDisk because I considered the idea too obvious. In hindsight, I could probably have obtained a valid patent, at least in personal computers.
During the 1990's, there was the phenomenon of "form-factor patents": Features in hard drives were being patented where they were "the first 3.5 inch hard drive to have [fill in the blank]". This was very controversial.
Jul 31, 2017 - ... became actively involved in patent law policy conversations because the disk drive industry was suffering from so-called “form factor” patents.Jan 15, 2020 - Jan 16, 2020
Feb 4, 2020 - Feb 5, 2020
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