[Taxacom] Is it possible, keys quote

[Timothy M. Jones]

My apologies, a  great opportunity for a plug.  Definitely possible - 
http://www.herbarium.lsu.edu/keys/
A great  similar  quote  by  Tony  Reznicek,    "You cannot write a good 
key to a bad group."
Tim
Timothy M. Jones
Ph.D. Candidate
Louisiana State University 
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Website - http://www.herbarium.lsu.edu/keys/

Stephen Thorpe wrote:
> I'm darn sure that keys have been using geographical location for as long as there have been keys! I doub't if anyone even thought to patent the idea! But then, nobody has probably thought to patent the wheel either. Bye for now (I'm just off down to the local patent office!!!) ...
>
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> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Dean Pentcheff [pentcheff at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 1 September 2009 11:23 a.m.
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Is it possible to create easy-to-use,    accurate and    rapid keys for species identifiation?
>
> I am fascinated by this posting.
>
> The claim appears to be that using geographic location to aid
> identification in an interactive key (if used on a mobile station) is
> now patented.
>
> Does anyone know what the implications of this claim are? I don't know
> enough about the EU intellectual property regime to even begin to
> evaluate what this means.
>
> If, in fact, EU patent regimes consider using an organism's range to
> help identify a specimen as sufficiently non-obvious that the idea
> deserves patent protection, I'm appalled.
>
> -Dean
> --
> Dean Pentcheff
> pentcheff at gmail.com
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> 2009/8/31 Mauri Åhlberg <mauri.ahlberg at helsinki.fi>:
>   
>> I read with great interest Steve Marshall's and John Grehan's messages
>> about difficulties of using keys, even interactive keys.
>>
>> NatureGate Online service for species identification is designed to be
>> easy-to-use, accurate and rapid. It is based on patented system and
>> method for object idenfification (Lehmuskallio, E. & Lehmuskallio, J.
>> 2008, http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?IA=FI2008000039 )
>>
>> NatureGate is looking for partners to expand this system to new
>> organisn species and new regions: http://www.naturegate.net
>>
>> * IUCN: http://www.iucn.org/about/union/commissions/cec/?2614/
>>  * The Finnish Institute of Environment (SYKE), and Ministry of Environment:
>>       http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=298951&lan=EN
>> * Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG):
>>       http://www.tdwg.org/biodiv-projects/projects-database/view-project/1550/
>>       http://www.tdwg.org/biodiv-networks/networks-database/view-project/56/
>> •       Poster at the e-Biosphere 09 conference, June 1 – 3, 2009, London,
>> UK. In the category: New Tools, Services and Standards for Data
>> Management and Access, http://www.e-biosphere09.org/posters/D1.pdf
>>
>> Mauri Åhlberg (in English: Ahlberg) FLS
>> Professor of Biology and Sustainability Education
>> http://www.helsinki.fi/people/mauri.ahlberg
>> http://www.naturegate.net
>>
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