question about patent

Josh Boyer jwboyer at gmail.com
Tue Mar 24 15:28:30 UTC 2009


On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:40:40PM +0900, robert song wrote:
>Hello, everyone.
>Now I am using Pettis-Hansen method as follows to reorder functions.
>http://www.cs.virginia.edu/kim/courses/cs771/papers/pettis90profile.pdf
>
>But I found that the algorithm has its patent as below.
>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0459192.html
>
>So if I use this algorithm in my codes, it will infringe the HP patent.
>Does it mean that this algorithm can not be used in codes ?
>Is there any method to deal with this problem ?

You should contact a lawyer about this.  Asking on this list is both
off-topic and probably not a good idea since you're seeking the
equivalent of legal advice and most people here are not lawyers.

josh




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