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Article #58Re: Patents: What they are. What they aren't. Other factors.
From: peter da silva
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 22:03
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 22:03
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In article <1992Nov8.064806.27926@udel.edu> berryh@huey.udel.edu (John
Berryhill, Ph.D.) writes an excellent discussion of why patents help
small-time entrepreneurs.
Irrelevant.
Free or very cheap software (such as the software implementing the very
medium we're discussing this subject in) has been a driving force in the
computer industry. Does the patent office recognise this as "publication?"
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