On 12/13/2006 10:37 AM, Howard Brazee wrote:
As more and more people say this, software developers should consider
the possibility that the laws may be changed. When we patent code,
it will be available for all to see - and if the patent is
invalidated, it will still be public. That won't matter for basic
concepts such as one-click purchasing - but for other applications, we
may wish we had the code as trade-secrets.
From my experience with software patents I've been involved with, one
does not patent "code". One patents ideas and techniques. The actual
code implementing those ideas/techniques is not part of the patent, and
can remain a trade secret.
Walt
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