[OSGeo-Discuss] About "Interactive Map" patent application by Apple Inc.

[Peter Baumann]

thanks for highlighting, Carl! Should be interesting for the community 
discussing here to know, what you mention below might turn out good material 
also for OSGeo when it comes to a discussion about the state of the art.

(Ya know, back in the 90s I stumbled over a patent by Microsoft about multiple 
B-Trees - exactly something I had been asked in my oral diploma exam a decade 
back :) ).

best,
Peter



On 01/02/2014 07:28 PM, Carl Reed wrote:
> Peter -
>
> The OGC has already compiled an extensive list of potential prior art related 
> to web mapping. This information was compiled in 2001-2002 in response to 
> MultiMap lawyers sending cease and desist orders to OGC members who were 
> implementing WMS. Our compiled list of possible prior art was enough to stop 
> that particular set of legal actions. This information was published but is 
> also maintained on the OGC website.
>
> The Apple patent application is very broad. On reading the patent, apparently 
> Apple has never heard of the GIS industry :-) There is a group of GIS 
> professionals collecting possible prior art to submit to the US Patent Office 
> to support the community assertion that this patent should not be granted.
>
> Cheers
>
> Carl
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Peter Baumann
> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 2:39 AM
> To: Carl Reed OGC ; George Percivall
> Cc: Venkatesh Raghavan ; OSGeo Discussions ; OSGeo-Board
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] About "Interactive Map" patent application by 
> Apple Inc.
>
> Hi Carl, George,
>
> this should be of interest to OGC as well IMHO. It might be that they patent WMS
> facets.
>
> best,
> Peter
>
>
> On 12/21/2013 07:05 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I think the OSGeo should express strong objection to the "Interactive Map"
>> patent filed by Apple on 17 Dec 2012 [1]. The contents of the patent [1]
>> describe features that OSGeo software already provides for over a decade.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Venka
>>
>> [1] 
>> http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=2&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%28715%2F771.CCLS.+AND+20131219.PD.%29&OS=ccl/715/771+and+pd/12/19/2013&RS=%28CCL/715/771+AND+PD/20131219%29
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