It has become a complex world. Some people like me
get really confused by it.
Do you know anything about Gif and LZW; I understand
that are now free to use any time you want?
If they were copyrights then I would think they would
still be covered but if they were patents they could be free
by now.
cheers
DS
On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 06:10:33 -0400 Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net>
writes:
>
> > On Jul 3, 2018, at 4:24 PM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com>
> wrote:
> > [...]
> > If I was a drug copany or inventor; I'd try to get a copyright
> > rather then a patent. I'd type the description out on a type
> writter
> > an register it. No generic drugs for years.
> >
>
> Then there are Patents.
>
> At first glance, a patent may seem to be the same kind of thing as a
> copyright.
> But, it is a completely different thing and is not interchangeable.
>
> How does a patent differ from a copyright?
>
> Well, the core difference is a thing is copyrighted. An idea or
> process of a
> thing is patented.
>
> Lets take software patents and copyrights as an example. Basically...
>
> A piece of software is a implementation of an idea and cannot be
> reproduced
> in whole or in part without the permission of the copyright holder.
>
> A software patent is the idea of how to do something. That idea
> cannot be
> cannot be preformed without the permission of the patent holder.
>
> An example of a patent, in modern software is âSwipe to Unlockâ
> on mobile phones.
> Someone came up with the idea that this would be a cool way to
> unlock the phones
> user interface and got a patent for that idea. It is an idea or
> process. A copyright on a
> single implementation would not protect the inventor of âSwipe to
> Unlockâ from having
> their idea stolen. They are nearly infinite ways to write such code.
>
> So, you would register a trademark for the name âSwipe to
> Unlockâ to prevent anyone
> form using that name. Patent the idea of how to unlock a phone using
> a sideways swiping
> gesture. And finally, copyright your implementation of the code to
> actually perform
> a phone unlock with a swipe.
>
> These are completely independent and separate concepts from each
> other.
>
> Personally, Iâm all for Trademarks and Copyrights. Patents on the
> other hand, Iâve got mixed
> feelings. They have their good points and bad points. I think the
> patent system could use
> a major overhaul.
>
> Jerome
>
>
>
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