Sounds like the typical tabloid version of a patent, In reality I suspect that the claims are more specific .-)
DagT Den 14. jul. 2006 kl. 20.47 skrev P. J. Alling: > A friend of mine who did some wading into the shallow end of the > Polaroid patents, came the conclusion that Polaroid had patented the > process of osmosis, which was the basis for their claim. He was > astounded that Polaroid won the case. > > DagT wrote: > >> That was a Patent issue. Polaroid had some very general patents. >> >> DagT >> >> Den 14. jul. 2006 kl. 19.07 skrev William Robb: >> >> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "graywolf" >>> Subject: Re: A weird little story of Copyright >>> >>> >>> That gets into some strange territory. Copyright in most countries >>> protects your image (the photo) from commercial use by others. The >>> painting is clearly a derivative work. In some countries derivative >>> works are not allow without permission, in others they are. Even the >>> courts do not seem to understand the copyright laws. It is clear >>> that >>> copyright (USA) does not protect ideas, only the results of the >>> ideas, >>> but in some cases the courts have ruled as if the idea is >>> protected. I >>> have no idea what the specific laws say in your country. >>> >>> Interstingly, and a bit closer to home, Eastman Kodak managed to >>> run afoul >>> of Polaroid's instant print process, not because they copied the >>> technology >>> (they didn't), but because the court agreed that Polaroid had claim >>> on the >>> instant print concept. >>> It cost Kodak close to a billion dollars in late 1980's US currency. >>> >>> William Robb >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > When you're worried or in doubt, > Run in circles, (scream and shout). > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
