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- From: Xavi Drudis Ferran <xdrudis@tinet.org>
- To: Erik Josefsson <ehj@cleosan.com>
- Cc: patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] patentprofylax
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:57:54 +0100
El Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 10:10:25AM +0100, Erik Josefsson deia:
> Swedish company ASEA used to publish things they did not want others to
> patent, ("patentprofylax").
>
> IBM Disclosure Bulletin had the same function, but I don't know if its
> still around or if it's online nowadays.
>
> Maybe here?
>
> http://kernel.org/
>
>
> Would it not radically improve the efficiency of the USPTO if programs
> for computers published on the internet was excluded subject matter in
> the states, as it still is in Europe?
>
Do you mean publication in internet should be proof of prior art (assuming
timestamping is solved) or that the fact that programs can be published
in the internet (the fact that they are information) is a reason to
exclude software from patentable subject matter (not only software published
in internet but al software innovations) ?
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- patentprofylax, Erik Josefsson
- Re: [Patents] patentprofylax, Xavi Drudis Ferran
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