Or more practically, you'd probably want to sell a service based upon
you're one implementation of that single instance. Just keep skimming
from everyone's pocket to keep the fatted calf alive until the patent
protection ran out
Yeah, I thought of that--but, with so much at stake, patents wouldn't mean
much. Someone would read your patent, duplicate your work, and go set up
shop in a poor nation that's more interested in feeding its people than
enforcing your patent. You might do better not applying for a patent at
all, and just keeping it secret--but Nature keeps no secrets; once you'd
proved it was possible, someone else would figure it out.
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|John Stracke |Principal Engineer |
|jstracke(_at_)incentivesystems(_dot_)com |Incentive Systems, Inc. |
|http://www.incentivesystems.com |My opinions are my own. |
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