23 Nov
2007
23 Nov
'07
8:48 p.m.
Only noticed this now... Sebastian Redl wrote:
Giovanni Piero Deretta wrote:
[1] which in practice makes the patent useless, with the notable of exception of preventing others to patent the same idea.
The mere publication of the library does this, by virtue of being prior art. The only advantage is that having a patent makes fighting the other patent that much easier.
And to clear up any confusion... One can't patent "ideas". -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - grafikrobot/yahoo