I think the patent, which is non-renewable, and the code implementing the patent are two separate things. The first they lose rights over, but the second is covered by a work-for-hire agreement since it could be used internally, or even sold as a product by the corporation without patent. But I could be wrong.
Ron Newman, M.S., M.M.E. Founder, IdeaTreeLive.com <http://www.Ideatreelive.com> Knowledge Modeling www.RonPiano.com Blog <https://blog.ideatreelive.com> On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 4:06 PM Tom Johnson <t...@jtjohnson.com> wrote: > Would not the corporation have to renew the patent at some point? > Tom > > ============================================ > Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > *NM Foundation for Open Government* <http://nmfog.org> > *Check out It's The People's Data > <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671>* > > ============================================ > > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 3:55 PM Ron Newman <ron.new...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was awarded a software patent 30 years ago while at a corporate job. >> That patent has since expired, of course. I assume I signed a >> work-for-hire agreement the first day on that job. >> >> Now that it's expired, I also assume the corporation still owns the code, >> and so I'm not free to open source it. Correct? >> >> Any IP attorneys here? >> >> Ron Newman, M.S., M.M.E. >> Founder, IdeaTreeLive.com <http://www.Ideatreelive.com> Knowledge >> Modeling >> www.RonPiano.com >> Blog <https://blog.ideatreelive.com> >> >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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