On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:46:54 EDT Kurt H Maier <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:29:09AM -0700, Bakul Shah wrote: > > > > If it is same or close enough, what matters is if your code can be > > shown as prior art. > > I don't see how. The US is first-to-file land, now.
I believe prior art does matter. Otherwise I can trawl through all old tech papers and start filing patents left and right -- wouldn't be surprised if someone has already tried that! I am not a lawyer etc.
