[d@DCC] Canadian patent holder claims global e-commerce rights

From: Russell McOrmond <russell _-at-_ flora.ca>
To: CANadian OPENsource Education and Research <discuss (at) canopener.ca>, General Copyright Discussions <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:54:48 -0400 (EDT)

http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&sid=52951


     In  what  promises  to  be  just its first fight for a slice of the
   global  e-commerce pie, a small Longueueil, Que. company is taking aim
   at  New  Zealands  Internet  merchants,  claiming  their international
   transactions are violating its patent over the process.

...

   DE's   Critics,   like  Russell  McOrmond,  an  Ottawa-based  Internet
   consultant  who  has  taken  up New Zealand's cause, say DE's claim is
   illegitimate,  and  that rather than providing technology, the company
   is spending all its time and energy on patenting and suing.

   "They're not providing a service or a product," he said. "All they did
   was take a way of doing business and claim it as a monopoly."

...


BTW: My patent report is at http://www.flora.ca/patent2003/

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 Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> 
 Governance software that controls ICT, automates government policy, or
 electronically counts votes, shouldn't be bought any more than 
 politicians should be bought.  -- http://www.flora.ca/russell/

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