On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 02:57:23PM -0800, Randall Shimizu wrote: > Here is the proposed patent reforms: > > (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/mar05/03-10PatentReform.asp > ) > > "United States is the only country in the world that applies a > "first-to-invent" standard for awarding patents. Under a > first-to-invent system, the first actual inventor is given priority > even though that inventor may file his patent after the filing date > of another applicant claiming the same invention. Every other > country applies a "first-to-file" standard, meaning that the first > person to file a patent application on an invention is given > priority." >
First to invent is better. It gives the true inventor a chance to prove her/his case in the event of fraud. This has happened more than once (the most famous case I know of was the telephone answering machine). -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
