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Article #936Re: Date stamping software
From: Steven Bellovin
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1991 14:07
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1991 14:07
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In article <1991Jul18.015251.11417@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU>, kramer@beasley.CS.ORST.EDU (Jack Kramer - Biophysics) writes: > > Is this really a request for information on obtaining "patents" from > a United States government (NIH) organization? > > Is the federal government using tax dollars to directly compete with private > individuals and businesses. Patent law explicitly permits the Federal government to obtain patents. Generally, though, these patents are licensed royalty-free to all comers. (No, I don't know why they bother to patent things in that case...) Please note that I'm not defending the status quo (that's a topic for another newsgroup); I'm simply stating what it is. Incidentally, this is distinct from copyright law -- the Federal government is explicitly barred from copyrighting anything.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f88e1,9b41d22336c5a83a X-Google-Attributes: gidf88e1,public X-Google-Thread: 1119a6,9b41d22336c5a83a X-Google-Attributes: gid1119a6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-18 08:53:50 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!ulysses!ulysses.att.com!smb From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin) Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,bionet.general Subject: Re: Date stamping software Message-ID: <15163@ulysses.att.com> Date: 18 Jul 91 14:07:00 GMT References: <1700@nih-csl.nih.gov> <1991Jul18.015251.11417@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Sender: netnews@ulysses.att.com Lines: 17