P.S. A more subtle question is what if I rewrote the formerly-patented application in a different language. Does a work-for-hire cover ideas? I think it does.
Ron Newman, M.S., M.M.E. Founder, IdeaTreeLive.com <http://www.Ideatreelive.com> Knowledge Modeling www.RonPiano.com Blog <https://blog.ideatreelive.com> On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 4:11 PM Ron Newman <ron.new...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the patent, which is non-renewable, and the code implementing the > patent are two separate things. The first they lose rights over, but the > second is covered by a work-for-hire agreement since it could be used > internally, or even sold as a product by the corporation without patent. > But I could be wrong. > > Ron Newman, M.S., M.M.E. > Founder, IdeaTreeLive.com <http://www.Ideatreelive.com> Knowledge Modeling > www.RonPiano.com > Blog <https://blog.ideatreelive.com> > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 4:06 PM Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> wrote: > >> Would not the corporation have to renew the patent at some point? >> Tom >> >> ============================================ >> Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com >> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA >> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) >> *NM Foundation for Open Government* <http://nmfog.org> >> *Check out It's The People's Data >> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671>* >> >> ============================================ >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 3:55 PM Ron Newman <ron.new...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I was awarded a software patent 30 years ago while at a corporate job. >>> That patent has since expired, of course. I assume I signed a >>> work-for-hire agreement the first day on that job. >>> >>> Now that it's expired, I also assume the corporation still owns the >>> code, and so I'm not free to open source it. Correct? >>> >>> Any IP attorneys here? >>> >>> Ron Newman, M.S., M.M.E. >>> Founder, IdeaTreeLive.com <http://www.Ideatreelive.com> Knowledge >>> Modeling >>> www.RonPiano.com >>> Blog <https://blog.ideatreelive.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >>> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> >
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