On Sunday 10 April 2005 03:12 pm, Ian MacLure wrote: > Two Words: > > Prior > Art > > If you can't afford to patent it and it isn't a trade secret why not > publicize the innovation. Make the point about it being blindingly obvious > just so no one can claim it isn't. > Do it properly, you queer the Lemelson style patent mill IIRC and M$ > can go pound sand. > Hmmm, might be useful to have a 'zine entitled something like Prior > Art dedicated to doing things like that. > > IBM
I recall seeing a group at a trade show that was promoting Open Patents. They would register the patent as available with some sort of open licensing agreement. Unfortunately I have not been able to find a url. Google did turn up <quote> The IP.com Prior Art Database was created to alleviate this problem, and provide innovative companies with a fast and effective way to publish their innovation into a single, publicly searchable, library indexed, collection of prior art. In addition to providing ease of use, IP.com's Prior Art Database has extensive safeguarding measures, to provide evidence of document integrity and datestamp in the event you need to present it at trial. </quote> http://www.ip.com/priorArtDatabase.jsp -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
