Although the disclosure itself in a trackable dated message forum would
seem to prove pretty conclusivly that AT THAT TIME anyway you had the
idea.
So it dates the idea
As to whether or not it is "public" well that perhaps depends perhaps on
the exclusivity of the forum.
Additionally there are many people who you can disclose ideas to without
it being deemed public. For example within a work organization. Or
within your lawyer or legal advisors office.
Or within a group of coinventors.
A message forum could easily be a considered most of those even if it
was not formed for profit or for the benefit of all involved. Indeed
many work organizations don't benefit all involved.
However, in practical terms it's more difficult to prove original
invention once disclosure is made unles you keep a detailed, dated
notebook (in ink).
On Dec 1, 2007 12:23 PM, Gabriel Ambuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Saturday 01 December 2007 08:34:08 GWMobile wrote:
> > I don't think discussing this here would be considered an open
> > disclosure.
> > Talking on a finite list or limited membership with moderation
and thus
> > controlled membership is not necessarily open disclosure and not
the
> > same as a public printing therefore I think it would still be
> > patentable.
>
> You are aware that most mailing lists are archived and indexed by
Google,
> aren't you?
>
> By every sane meaning of "public", this is public.
>
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