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Re: BYTE.com on patents

Author:Tucker Goodrich
Posted:3/14/2000; 7:54:22 AM
Topic:BYTE.com on patents
Msg #:15579 (In response to 15574)
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Great article. They also outline the process for challenging a patent by proving the existence of prior art (without going to court). Sounds like a lot of the perceived "flaws" in the patent process are just ignorance of the patent process. I.E. there is a method to register an invention without claiming any rights to it: there fore it can be used by the public, and is proved "prior art." As the authors point out, stuff like XML-RPC, which is supposed to be public domain, is thus assured of that status.

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