At 09:50 PM 3/7/01 +0000, Warren Sarle wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Paige Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > If it so happens that while I am in the employ of a certain company, I
> > invent some new algorithm, then my company has a vested interest in
> > making sure that the algorithm remains its property and that no one
> > else uses it, especially a competitor.
>
>That would be perfectly reasonable. Unfortunately, patent law
>doesn't work that way. You cannot patent an algorithm per se.
>But anybody can patent applications of the algorithm that you
>invented. You could end up having to pay royalties to somebody
>else for using your own algorithm. The law is insane.
like the biotech patents of genes ... that was highlighted on 60 minutes a
week or two ago
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