If PBS is to be believed, Nicola Tesla applied for and was granted a
patent on radio broadcasting and detection. When, instead of using it
for long distance communication, he tried to adapt it to power
transmission, (something he thought more important), his patent was
taken away and given to his rival, Marconi. Then, just as it was about
to expire, the US Patent Office relented and restored it to Tesla...
just before he died.
If MicroSoft wants to fight this patent, they probably still can. I
wonder how much it would take to point out that, (as somebody already
said), the technology's been in the public domain for 30-odd years.
Ya gotta wonder....
D'Otter
If PBS is to be believed, Nicola Tesla applied for and was granted a
patent on radio broadcasting and detection. When, instead of using it
for long distance communication, he tried to adapt it to power
transmission, (something he thought more important), his patent was
taken away and given to his rival, Marconi. Then, just as it was about
to expire, the US Patent Office relented and restored it to Tesla...
just before he died.
If MicroSoft wants to fight this patent, they probably still can. I
wonder how much it would take to point out that, (as somebody already
said), the technology's been in the public domain for 30-odd years.
Ya gotta wonder....
D'Otter