23 Jan
2007
23 Jan
'07
6:25 p.m.
Have it as you will, but the law was changed a few years ago, and I
noticed it because I have several "prior art" claims I could make.
When I saw it I realized that it was no longer a defense to say "I
meant to apply, but just dint get around to it, and here is the
documentation to prove I thought of it first." So I threw out all my
notebooks. Well most of them anyway.
But its your call if you want to waste the time.
On 1/23/07, Lyle Bickley <lbickley at bickleywest.com> wrote:
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 09:23, Jim Isbell, W5JAI
wrote:
--
Jim Isbell
"If you are not living on the edge, well then,
you are just taking up too much space."
"Prior Art" has no standing anymore.
Its now, who gets there first
with the patent. Been that way for about 5 years now (maybe longer)
when they changed the law.
Sorry, not true. A large portion of my business (and Sellam's) is based on the
use of prior art in patent litigation suits. I love killing patents with
prior art :-)
Lyle
KF6CGI
On 1/23/07, Chuck Guzis <cclist at
sydex.com> wrote:
> On 23 Jan 2007 at 13:33, Tore Sinding Bekkedal wrote:
> > I was lazily browsing the 'web when I came across this one - apparently
> > a project to create a storage medium with extremely long life times.
> >
> > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/300636_msftimmortal22.html
>
> Microsoft is trying to patent the gold-plated disc attached to
> Voyager 30 years ago? I hope they cite it as "prior art"!
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck
--
Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"