____/ 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
>>
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>>| This is not the first time I heard about strange patents filed in China.
>>|
>>| [...]
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>>| ?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.?
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http://www.kernel.sg/blog/2008/01/20/strange-patent-filed-in-china-method-to-boot-linux-os-from-mobile-harddisk/
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> 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.
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http://www.chinatzone.com/news_dls.php?id=476&category=USITO%20Weekly%20China%20%20Summary
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