[Stoves] Patents

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Xavier

It is hard to steal an idea these days because of the date-ability of most communications. Exception exist, for example two companies are researching exactly the same problem.  One finds a solution and a spy reveals it to the opposition. They file first. That is a problem 

If both arrive at the same solution independently and prepare Papers Patent (brevette) it is possible that the income will be shared, as per the Rubic's Cube. Rubic had to share income (after many years) with a Japanese parallel invention. 

You can't patent something you did NOT invent, whatever people tell you. Those days are gone. 

Regards
Crispin
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From: "Xavier Brandao" <xvr.brandao at gmail.com>
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Good evening,
Very interesting discussion, the stovelist is then the perfect anti-patent
weapon.
Before internet and the computer, perhaps it was more difficult to prove the
idea existed if someone tried to steal it and patent it. Now, every
document, every file, every email, is dated. The idea is in no time copied
onto many different computers and servers, making it unstealable.
I like that.
Xavier

P.S : how do you people manage to have a full conversation before I even
receive the initial message of the topic in my mailbox?


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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 16:19:08 -0400
From: "Crispin Pemberton-Pigott" <crispinpigott at gmail.com>
To: "Stoves" <stoves at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Subject: [Stoves] Patents
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Dear Stove Inventors

 

There is a great description with graphics at
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392375,00.asp discussing patents and
the steps involved in getting one. There is a software/electronics related
discussion about how the companies holding patents use them. It is
instructive of the risks and benefits.

 

It focuses at the end on the implications for the popular Android operating
system which infringes on at least 10 patents owned by Oracle and Microsoft.

 

Fortunately stoves don't have software, yet.

 

Regards

Crispin

 



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