That was a waste of your time and money. Publication of those
inventions by you, at zero cost to you and others, would have
been sufficient to prevent someone else from trying to patent
them. Next time, get good advice from a patent lawyer on how
to achieve your goals without paying for a patent.
Perhaps he did consult a lawyer and learned that by patenting
them he now has the ability to sue any non-licenced implementors
in court, and can take away a share of any earnings that they
made with their non-licenced implementation. That is not possible
merely by publishing first.
Law is every bit as complex as network protocols or application
programming. It is better to consult with an expert in the field
before making assumptions.
I am not a lawyer.
--Michael Dillon
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