NSA patents a way to spot network snoops
The NSA has been granted a patent for detecting whether network communications have been tampered with.
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Patent? NSA?
How can the NSA patent anything? Why would a government agency be granted a limited monopoly on technology?If I infringe on this patent, and they come after me... how will the monetary damages be calculated to an organization which is federally funded and doesn't produce any marketable product?
Can I use the fact that they produce no product to force a compulsory license for the technology? This strikes me as very very bizzare for a federal agency.
-Steve
I would like to add that if
I would like to add that if the NSA developed this, then it was funded with taxpayer money. Therefore, it shouldn't be patented as it used public funds provided by all American citizens.The 'patent' link goes to
The 'patent' link goes to "System and method for reallocating and/or upgrading and/or selling tickets, other event admittance means, goods and/or services"Is the link wrong, or is the technique buried in there somewhere?
The link seems to be okay
The link seems okay, at least for me. The head on the page is: 'Method of detecting intermediary communication device'Here's the link to copy and past into your browser.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=%22%09+Reifer%22&OS=%22
Good luck!
WTF, I'm still getting
WTF, I'm still getting "System and method for reallocating and/or upgrading and/or selling tickets, other event admittance means, goods and/or services" (patent #7,415,424) when I paste that link.NSA "assigned" patent
NSA is the assignee of the patent, not the originator. A government office cannot receive a patent, but an inventor can assign a patent to the US government.The inventor is listed as Michael H Reifer, and he assigned the patent to the director of the NSA
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