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Article #72044Re: The cost of SW patents
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1992 08:29
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1992 08:29
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In article <36514@ogicse.ogi.edu> morgan@ogicse.cse.ogi.edu (Clark O. Morgan) writes:
> "If we don't file a patent for this product before it's introduced,
> then any number of companies could duplicate the product, file a
> patent application, and force us to pay royalties for our original
> work."
It's not necessary to file a patent to get this level of protection. All
they have to do is publish a paper that describes how their product works.
This would constitute prior art, and should prevent someone else from
patenting the same thing (or could be used to invalidate such a patent if
it's granted).
A patent is only necessary if *they* want to prevent other companies from
making a similar product, or so they can collect royalties from these other
companies.
--
Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
barmar@think.com {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,c49ad45ad13bf04b X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-04-22 01:29:26 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!barmar From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: The cost of SW patents Date: 22 Apr 1992 08:29:26 GMT Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA Lines: 20 Distribution: gnu Message-ID: <kva8v6INN9f1@early-bird.think.com> References: <36514@ogicse.ogi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gandalf.think.com