Re: OT: patent on wheel
Re: OT: patent on wheel
- Subject: Re: OT: patent on wheel
- From: Isaac Sherman <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 12:56:44 -0400
on 5/20/02 7:30 AM, the method -(id)email@hidden:(id)
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Am Sonntag den, 19. Mai 2002, um 22:06, schrieb Rosyna:
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> Ack, at 5/19/02, Ondra Cada said:
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>> Well, it just seems that...
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>>>> Or did the U.S. patent law go entirely mad?
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>> ...this hypothesis proved very true.
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>> Has anybody patented wheel yet? If not, I volunteer!
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> You cannot patent an existing idea or feature. (which is why star trek
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> was searched over and over for any reference to hyperlinks) And yes,
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> the US patent law is entirely mad. Someone was able to patent a
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> grotesque human/mouse creature.
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In fact, some australian *did* get a patent on the wheel:
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/state/2001/07/02/FFX0ADFPLOC.html
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Damn. Well, I'll have to start drawing up forms on sliced bread. I wanted
the wheel, though...
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Isaac Sherman
MotaSoft Software
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