On Fri Mar 15 14:18:28 EDT 2013, ba...@bitblocks.com wrote: > On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:46:54 EDT Kurt H Maier <kh...@intma.in> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:29:09AM -0700, Bakul Shah wrote: > > > > > > If it is same or close enough, what matters is if your code can be > > > shown as prior art. > > > > I don't see how. The US is first-to-file land, now. > > I believe prior art does matter. Otherwise I can trawl > through all old tech papers and start filing patents left and > right -- wouldn't be surprised if someone has already tried > that! I am not a lawyer etc.
ianal, but i believe no disclosure is allowed before filing. it's a deal. disclosure for patent. if it's already disclosed there can't be a deal. - erik
