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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 23 2013 @ 04:10 AM EST |
| The embargo had apparently been lifted by the 26th. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 23 2013 @ 06:26 PM EST |
From your clicky, notice the part of confidentiality only applies to number 1
and that number 3 is about the sale of the device
1. Any written or
oral disclosure, even to a single person, counts as a "public disclosure" in
most countries--unless the recipient agrees that the information was conveyed
in confidence. Disclosures to employees are not considered to be "public
disclosures."
2. In the U.S., the "public disclosure" must be a
"publication"--that is, in writing. However, do note that slides at meetings and
poster sessions are "publications"--as is private correspondence,
advertisements, etc.
3. An "offer for sale" counts as a bar to patenting
(after the one year "grace period") in the U.S. Showing your product at a trade
show may very well count as such.
Of course these aren't the
actual laws in Japan and details matter here, a lot. But following these
guidelines selling the product under a NDA to journalists my count as public
disclosure.
Please also note that this might be the reason that Samsung
is going after Apple for these specific documents in court and Apple seems to be
fighting it pretty hard. The journalists who got the iPhones could be bound by
the NDA so Samsung would need to get the proof from Apple.
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