19 Apr
2010
19 Apr
'10
3:43 a.m.
revealed a link to a US Patent (7120900) for the idea of implementing the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (UAX #9 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9) in Haskell, making use, as far as I can tell, of nothing more than the normal approach any functional programmer would use, namely separation of concerns etc. In which case the patent should be null and void since obvious ideas aren't patentable, AFAIK.
Doesn't matter: you'd need to pay lawyers to defend yourself to convince a court that it is null and void. So even if you may end up winning in the end (which is far from obvious), you'll have wasted a lot of time, effort, and money. Stefan