On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Reply on plug-talk, please. This is only tangentially related to > using Linux. >
H.R. 1249, which changes the U.S. patent system to the European model, from "first to invent" to "first to file". That makes it a lot easier for a patent troll to file a patent on your great open source idea. > > Keith I thought that under present law, a patent must be applied for before public disclosure. Is this correct? Does 1249 change that? If it does not change, does not something disclosed as open source protect it from patenting? -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
