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Re: Patents (was Re: Copyrights)

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From: scott machaffie
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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From: waah@milton.u.washington.edu (scott machaffie)
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Subject: Re: Patents (was Re: Copyrights)
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Date: 12 Aug 90 00:30:20 GMT
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