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Re: Looking for a secure digest algorithm.

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From: Arthur Rubin
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 1992 22:33
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In <1fhnc6INN3ao@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> markd@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Mark Diamond) writes:

>One last thing. For Australian purposes, the "prior-art" issue is
>largely irrelevant.  The person entitled to a patent on an invention in
>Australia is the person who first files for a patent, not the person who
>invents.  This is the reverse of US law where an inventor who can prove
>that they invented something first is entitled to the patent.

I am not an Australian, or a lawyer, but....

"Prior art" is still relevant to patents.  If you can show that an
invention was publically available prior to the date of the patent
application, it should not be patentable.
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