ok-for hardware and software concerns, how can we donate an idea to the public, to guarantee the inability of someone patenting the idea?
Something above just mentioning it on a public/mediated ml. In addition, could you publicly state your idea to "timestamp" it for patenting? -Kyle On Dec 3, 2007 4:49 AM, Al Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Remember this varies with national legislation. In the UK there is AFAIK > no 1 > year grace period; public disclosure instantly renders the invention > unpatentable. > > On Sunday 02 December 2007, Clayton Jones wrote: > > Just a quick note based on all the patent research i've done: > > Any disclosure in a public forum, whether limited in distribution or > > not, is considered "public disclosure". As a matter of fact, telling > > anyone your idea (other than the people who are co-inventors) is > > considered "public disclosure". > > However, that does NOT preclude you from filing a patent - all it does > > is limit the amount of time you have to file a patent. > > Once public disclosure is made, you have 1 year to file an application > > with the US Patent office. After that, it's considered that you've > > given up any rights to patent. > > > > However, in practical terms it's more difficult to prove original > > invention once disclosure is made unles you keep a detailed, dated > > notebook (in ink). > > > > On Dec 1, 2007 12:23 PM, Gabriel Ambuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Saturday 01 December 2007 08:34:08 GWMobile wrote: > > > > I don't think discussing this here would be considered an open > > > > disclosure. > > > > Talking on a finite list or limited membership with moderation and > thus > > > > controlled membership is not necessarily open disclosure and not the > > > > same as a public printing therefore I think it would still be > > > > patentable. > > > > > > You are aware that most mailing lists are archived and indexed by > Google, > > > aren't you? > > > > > > By every sane meaning of "public", this is public. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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