John Reid wrote:
Darryl Green wrote:
On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 08:32 +0100, John Reid wrote:
Artyom wrote:
3. If everyone would search full patents list to find out if his idea is patented in US he will spend much more time on searching then coding. On a side note, I'd like to point out that even if you do spend the time searching the patents list and find some patent that *possibly* covers your work, then it is a bad idea to write to a public list describing your work and identifying the patent. All these lists are easily searchable and your legal position can't be better if it can be shown you were aware of the patent.
Maybe. On the other hand, a credible invalidity argument does help in avoiding willful infringement. In that vein I thought it might be worth mentioning this http://web.archive.org/web/20010508065835/http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/...
How can wilfull infringement be shown, if no one knows you were of the patent? Sorry that should read:
How can wilfull infringement be shown, if no one knows you were aware of the patent?