Robin Laing: > I have read that the US patent department wants to change the rules to who > files first gets the patent. This could supersede prior art.
That would royally suck. Currently, an inventor doesn't have to patent anything, they can take the risk and just develop and market their product. First-to-file would eliminate this and make patents mandatory. I wonder if it would even be constitutional. Phil Hibbs. -- Don't you just hate self-referential sigs? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
