On Thursday 29 January 2004 8:26 pm, Meng Weng Wong wrote:
On the IP side of things I think a patent would be a good idea if only
to prevent somebody else from submarining us. If the big ISPs could
pony up a few grand each we could patent it and then license it
royalty-free or however things get put into the public domain.
Well according to US rules you have a year after publication or first offer
for sale to apply for a patent but you have to show:
(a) You are the true inventor (who said what on the mailing list?)
(b) Due diligence in filing a claim (not just an afterthought some time later)
Ordinarily nobody cares about (b) due to the burden of proof, however this is
a public forum and hence a bit unusual...
- Dan
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