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Makes zero sense

Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, October 15 2012 @ 11:06 PM EDT

This makes zero sense.

A patent for a computer-implemented method is a series of steps that describe
what the computer is doing. A copyrighted program may implement the
computer-implemented method. Is your test that you can't patent something if
you can copyright an implementation of it?

I can copyright a machine that implements a process for making an alloy, does
that mean I can't patent the process? Can I patent the machine? The alloy?

I can copyright a layout of a circuit, does that mean I can't patent the
circuit?

What about an invention that is a new machine that relies on some special
software. Can I patent an invention that is part machine and part software?

I think you are essentially just trying to argue that anything that can be
written
as code is unpatentable. Do you really think that new compression, crypto, and

3d rendering methods don't deserve patent protection?

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Wow - good answer - until you blew it with the very last sentence. - n/t - Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 01:23 AM EDT
- Wow - good answer - until you blew it with the very last sentence. - n/t - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 01:40 AM EDT
  - Wow - good answer - until you blew it with the very last sentence. - n/t - Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 01:55 AM EDT
  - Furthermore... - Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 02:03 AM EDT
    - Furthermore... - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 02:26 AM EDT
      - Provocative questions... - Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 08:34 AM EDT
      - Re: Furthermore... - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 11:47 AM EDT
You are tying too much - Authored by: SpaceLifeForm on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 01:34 AM EDT
- You are tying too much - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 01:58 AM EDT
  - You are tying too much - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, October 16 2012 @ 11:55 AM EDT

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