Wheres the mouse poison?
The Web is built on open standards. Until recently, XML was considered one of them. Now, Scientigo is claiming that two of its patents cover one of XML’s fundamental principles and is looking to benefit from XML’s broad usage. Charlotte, NC-based Scientigo specifically claims that its two patents on a “method for modeling, storing and transferring data in neutral form” # 5,842,213 and # 6,393,426 covers XML’s basic idea of data storing data in a self-defining package, which enables it to be correctly displayed regardless of platform. Scientigo CEO Doyal Bryant has said that the company plans to make money from the patents by either licensing XML vendors or selling the patents to another company. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, “Scientigo Makes Broad XML Patent Claims,” eWeek, October 31, 2005 — http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1880083,00.asp Jensen Comment: This could be serious, but when heavy hitters like Microsoft fight back it will be a tough go for Scientigo in court. In theory,
