Alle 12:02, venerd� 19 marzo 2004, Tapani Tarvainen ha scritto: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 12:29:52PM +0000, danilo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > 17 years or whatever it is, you are right: it will come to an end with > > time, but they can, however, re-patent it, I think... > > No, same invention cannot be patented again, they'll have to > come up with something new and even then it won't prevent > others from using the old stuff. That 17 years (now its 20) > is actually the maximum time, patent can expire sooner if > not actively maintained by paying yearly (or something) fee > to patent office. > > > But I can remember one ilarious thing, some years ago, the patent on > > the logo of a French (IIRC) right-wing political party was expired > > and they don't re-acquire it suddenly. Instead a left-wing satiric > > magazine did it, and they produced an hygienical paper with the logo > > printed on it. > > That wouldn't have been a patent, as logos cannot be patented, > but with trademark that could have happened.
Ah, ok As I said, I've no knowledge about this legal stuff, sorry for my incorrect use of the words... Danilo. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
