On Sun, Nov 16, 2003, Ilan Finci wrote about "[OT???]Re: protecting one's IP [CLOSED TOPIC]": > And as to dissolve the company - why? Can we protect _OUR_ algorithms??? > we don't use OTHERS patented algorithms but _OURS_.
Check out your favorite dictionary or encyclopedia what a "patent" means, or at least what it was supposed to mean before unscrupulous companies started using it to destroy the free market. For example, quoting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent "... The term patent originates from the term to patent which means to lay open (to public inspection) ... Per the word's original definition, one widely accepted social goal of patents is to induce the inventor to disclose knowledge for the advancement of society in exchange for a limited period of exclusivity." So, choose - trade secrets or a patent. You can't have your cake and eat it too. -- Nadav Har'El | Sunday, Nov 16 2003, 21 Heshvan 5764 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-790466, ICQ 13349191 |Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to http://nadav.harel.org.il |apply. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
