On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > This assumes that Copyright is the only IP protection out there. There > are actually two distinct realms of IP protection afforded in the US.
Actually, there are four: copyright, patent, trademark and trade secret. A network configuration could fall under either copyright or trade secret. It won't fall under trademark and it's hard to imagine how a network configuration of a general shape anticipated by the router manufacturer could fall under patent. Not with the double-whammy of prior art and the recent rulings to the effect that adding "on a computer" to a technique is insufficient to make it patentable. > However, all of the technicalities on this stuff vary from jurisdiction to > jurisdiction. > The broad strokes have been normalized through treaties for the most part, but > details and technicalities still vary quite a bit. There are only so many jurisdictions with distinct law in North America. You know, this being NANOG and all. -Bill -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
