tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post5950191218995792467..comments2023-07-23T12:42:14.354+02:00Comments on Sparklines for Excel®: Microsoft potential fallacy regarding Sparklines ©Mes Courshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265743268811431064noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-26303937496214163642012-05-16T01:00:13.651+02:002012-05-16T01:00:13.651+02:00poplines (c)
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How can...poplines (c)<br /><br />viewrides (c)<br /><br />whatever (c)<br /><br />How can an idea be patented ? Who's gonna patent 9 (or any other idea).<br /><br />Ideas get "discovered". <br /><br />You can't "patent" imagination territories no more than you can patent physical landscape.JeanHuguesRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809073068192773946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-67015081990552895252012-01-09T22:22:15.390+01:002012-01-09T22:22:15.390+01:00it just means that it is copyrighted, not necessar...it just means that it is copyrighted, not necessarily that microsoft holds the copyright... <br /><br />as for dave p owen, copyright != patent. If you make something you have copyright, end of story. The hard part is proving it, so people employ copyrighting services to make official archives of the date they first thought of the idea in order to have proof in court later.<br /><br />So yeah take them to court for acknowledging that <b>someone</b> has copyright.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-42070948647260976422011-03-15T04:15:23.043+01:002011-03-15T04:15:23.043+01:00Apparently Tufte was pissed. This is pretty lowbro...Apparently Tufte was pissed. This is pretty lowbrow of Microsoft -- patenting something that isn't their invention and is already in the public domain.Dave Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650073170049452863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-89570661250810761832010-10-15T02:44:37.206+02:002010-10-15T02:44:37.206+02:00Microsoft seems to know that Tuft invented Sparkli...Microsoft seems to know that Tuft invented Sparklines:<br /><br />"For Excel 2010 we’ve implemented sparklines, “intense, simple, word-sized graphics”, as their inventor Edward Tufte describes them in his book Beautiful Evidence."<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/excel/archive/2009/07/17/sparklines-in-excel.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/excel/archive/2009/07/17/sparklines-in-excel.aspx</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-7860181638569030142010-09-22T08:03:51.559+02:002010-09-22T08:03:51.559+02:00Thank u so much dude!Thank u so much dude!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-60066414232860305142010-09-22T08:02:28.507+02:002010-09-22T08:02:28.507+02:00Thank u so much Dude!Thank u so much Dude!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-4636074405200216172010-08-17T19:45:51.525+02:002010-08-17T19:45:51.525+02:00It seems MS was granted a US patent on "spark...It seems MS was granted a US patent on "sparklines in the grid" (US2009/0282325 A1; http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20090282325.pdf) in November 2009. Don't ask how this is possible, but the USPTO granted the patent...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15044108058625285376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-26452140750109800622010-08-07T01:49:36.159+02:002010-08-07T01:49:36.159+02:00What about Edward Tufte, is he dead?What about Edward Tufte, is he dead?Alessandrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218242185578989323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-48369461678699565042010-08-05T16:14:18.462+02:002010-08-05T16:14:18.462+02:00has done such a good job they want to sign youhas done such a good job they want to sign youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-91430531756822471422010-07-24T20:29:28.307+02:002010-07-24T20:29:28.307+02:00@ Alessandro.
Who, as an individual, would be read...@ Alessandro.<br />Who, as an individual, would be ready to assume to cost of taking MSFT to court ? Nobody !<br />MSFT knows it, and this is their strategy... kind of intimidation.Mes Courshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265743268811431064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-38440160975911996362010-07-24T20:26:36.064+02:002010-07-24T20:26:36.064+02:00It's unbeliavable...will someone take them to ...It's unbeliavable...will someone take them to the court?Alessandrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218242185578989323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7603152763857688635.post-18974180436434462742010-07-18T19:43:26.715+02:002010-07-18T19:43:26.715+02:00I belive the MS marketing department pushed a litt...I belive the MS marketing department pushed a little too far this time ...marcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708988357372490825noreply@blogger.com