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Article #75325Re: Patents (was Re: Copyrights)
From: scott machaffie
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 1990 00:30
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 1990 00:30
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In article <66709@sgi.sgi.com% karsh@trifolium.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) writes: %In article <58801@bbn.BBN.COM> pplacewa@bbn.com (Paul Placeway) writes: %>karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh) writes: %>On the other hand, "Look and Feel" is a recent, and not fully %>established concept. Further, it is not yet clear if there is any %>protection for pure algorithms. % %You are not allowed to steal %someone else's book by making simple changes to names, places, etc. If %you write substantially the same book, even if not one name is the same, %you will infringe. On what, a book patent? Books have copyrights on them. If someone independently writes the same book as someone else, they do not infringe. Scott MacHaffie
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,a3783b857baac617 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-08-11 22:30:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!milton!waah From: waah@milton.u.washington.edu (scott machaffie) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Patents (was Re: Copyrights) Message-ID: <6199@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 12 Aug 90 00:30:20 GMT References: <66187@sgi.sgi.com% <58801@bbn.BBN.COM> <66709@sgi.sgi.com> Organization: here and there Lines: 16 Posted: Sun Aug 12 01:30:20 1990