Chris Zell <chrisz...@wetmtv.com> wrote: Taking info from published patents is one of those theory vs practice > subjects. There are lots of patents that flat out don’t work at all, don’t > work because of deliberate sins of commission/omission in publication or in > the opinion of Prominent Scientist Skeptoids, violate physics ( a bunch > that deal with supposed triggered radioactive decay come to mind). So, > good luck with ‘stealing’. >
Yes, there are many patents like that, but they are not valid. If someone challenges them, the patent judge will rule them invalid, because they do not disclose enough information for a PHOSITA to replicate. If Rossi's patent falls in that category, and you cannot replicate from it, then Rossi has no intellectual property. Even if his machine works, that would put it in the public domain. In that case there is nothing to steal from him. Anyone who can reverse engineer the product can then take the technology for free and sell it without a license. - Jed
