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Authored by: Ian Al on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 11:06 AM EST |
I ought to say why I am unhappy.
If someone finds math that hasn't been used in a particular way, before, and
adds non-novel other stuff in a patent, the current state of court opinions
means that the math is prohibited from use in other inventions, full stop. I'm
thinking of 'software patents', but hardware encoders would also be affected.
The courts don't seem to apply the niceties of Flook, Diehr and Benson. Deeming
all math as prior art means that you cannot steal someone else's math for
yourself in a patent.
It does not seem right that the only inventive thing in a patent can be
non-statutory subject matter that wasn't necessarily even invented by the patent
applicant.
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Regards
Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, December 02 2012 @ 11:42 AM EST |
I thought for a moment that you were referring to the UK cartoon character. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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