In
<CAArMM9S8B0_nTv3XiVPv1JLtw2=HfMH5m7sNCFFo6Kd4=mAA=g...@mail.gmail.com>,
on 11/14/2013
at 03:26 PM, Tony Harminc <[email protected]> said:
>If you don't want to patent, but also don't want others to patent
>your invention, you can publish in a place that gets reasonable
>exposure,
The point of a defensive patent is to avoid expensive litigation, not
to win it. Unless the USPTO searches the journal as part of processing
patent applications, it just doesn't have the same practical effect as
filing for a patent.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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