Re: So say I wanted to sell something...

Robert Latest (boblatest@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
On Mon, 22 May 2006 02:57:10 GMT,
Mac <foo@xxxxxxx> wrote
in Msg. <pan.2006.05.22.02.57.10.296985@xxxxxxx>

As far as patents go, if you are infringing a patent, then you are
infringing regardless of whether you are a company or an individual.

It's hard to believe that selling a handful of electronics parts
together with publicly available information could possibly be seen as
patent infringement.

Then you've miss completely the point of patents.

People and companies can keep their innovations secret, or at least
try to. The disadvantage to the world is that others can't build
on the prior art. "Now that's neat, but if that can happen then
what about....".

Patents mean that details can be revealed, but at the same time the idea is
protected. If there's a patent, you know when it was issued, and to who.
The patent isn't publicly available so others can copy it, it's publicly
available so others can learn from it. It's a deal. "we'll help protect your
design, but you have to let others learn from it".

Patent infringement is precisely using the work of others.

Michael

Then again, I am not a lawyer. ;-)

Me neither, thank God!

robert


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