Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 21 January 2008 09:24 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Strange patent filed in China: Method to boot Linux OS from mobile harddisk
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| This is not the first time I heard about strange patents filed in China.
>>>|
>>>| [...]
>>>|
>>>| ?This invention is about the method to boot Linux OS on removable storage
>>>| which is attached to the USB port of PC. It is implemented in a way that
>>>| firstly, setup Linux OS in the removable storage; then enter BIOS of the
>>>| PC, to change the boot sequence to USB-HDD or USB-ZIP first; now boot the
>>>| system, so user can choose the Linux version, and Linux kernel with initrd
>>>| will be loaded by bootloader from the removable storage to PC memory; then
>>>| boot the Linux kernel, initialize system and run tasks; mount filesystem of
>>>| initrd, then switch to root filesystem on the removable storage; detect
>>>| hardware devices, install drivers and configure them automatically;
>>>| finally, start the desktop session, after user has input the username and
>>>| password, detect hardware partitions automatically and mount them.?
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.kernel.sg/blog/2008/01/20/strange-patent-filed-in-china-method-to-boot-linux-os-from-mobile-harddisk/
>>>
>>
>> This is just patenting what linux systems already do... Ed. ]
>
> This one is fairly recent:
>
> Most of Chinese New Patents Are Garbage
>
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>| On November 27, 2007, the Innovative National Construction and Intellectual
>| Property Symposium was held in Beijing. Representatives from a variety of
>| industries spoke at the event; most of them expressed their worries and
>| frustrations with China?s IPR protection framework. Mr. Fu Shaoming, head of
>| the IPR unit from Foxconn, China?s largest electronics OEM firm, claimed in
>| his speech that 90% of China's new and practical patents are de facto garbage
>| and should be discarded.
> `----
>
> http://www.chinatzone.com/news_dls.php?id=476&category=USITO%20Weekly%20China%20%20Summary
>
Hummm, is this a deliberate plan to make the final cut?
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