> [PG] One other note. The US recently adopted the same "first
> to file" rule used by nearly every other country. (01)
[ppy] I didn't realize that ... I had always thought that this
would be (now it "is") "bad news" because it is skewed in favor
of big companies. (02)
Can you point me to a reference about this, please. (03)
Tx. =ppy
-- (04)
Philip Gust wrote:
> At 09:50 AM 6/11/2005, Peter Yim wrote:
>
>>Thank you for the input, Phil.
>>
>>I was actually pondering on (and hence my question was directed
>>more toward) the good this move (putting the IPR in the public
>>domain, if we do so ... AND making all that work accessible in
>>all its detail, as CHM is doing, with the NLS-restore project)
>>can do to innovation in the future, more so than the move being
>>challenged by the past.
>
>
> Well, it's certainly true that a lot of techniques were developed years ago
> and forgotten that would be useful again if people knew about them. The
> difficult job any project like ours has is to discover and present
> techniques and practices in a way that is accessible to current
> practitioners. We should discuss whether this is feasible and how we might
> go about it for our project. Perhaps we can raise this as in issue at a
> future CHM sponsored software preservation seminar and discuss how we are
> or might attack the problem.
>
>
>>Your clarification on USPTO state of affairs was helpful,
>>nonetheless.
>
>
> One other note. The US recently adopted the same "first to file" rule used
> by nearly every other country.
>
>
>
>>Thanks. =ppy
>>--
>>
>>
>>Philip Gust wrote Sat, 11 Jun 2005 09:36:32 -0700:
>>
>>>BTW, what CHM would be putting in the public domain if it went that route
>>>is the copyright to the source code and any coverage under trade secrets
>>>law. All we can really say about other IPR is that it's extremely
>>
>>unlikely
>>
>>>there are any (see my previous comments).
>>
>>
>>>At 09:02 AM 6/11/2005, Peter Yim wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Yes! I believe this (putting the IPR in the public domain ... AND
>>>>making all that work accessible in all its detail, as CHM is
>>>>doing) could do wonders on innovations that has a root in the NLS
>>>>technologies, going forward, even if we cannot avoid having
>>>>software patents, because we have a first-to-invent system going
>>>>here (in the US).
>>>>
>>>>Can someone explain hat this move might connote, under a
>>>>first-to-file patent regime?
>>>>
>>>>=ppy
>>>>--
>>
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