I've made a lot of money out of patents, pity it wasn't me who got it! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hord" To: Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 10:15 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Intellectual property right - who owns them? > Visit Don Lancaster's website at www.tinaja.com to get the low-down > on all the reason's patents are for suckers. > > Mike H. > > > > In the states, you have up to a year to file a patent for a product that > > > has been released to the public domain. Of course, generally you file > > > before you release it. For foreign patents, I believe you can't apply > > > once its been released. And if multiple applications are filed, first > > > one in wins. > > > >And, due to the bright minds that devised the patent system, "not > >mentioning an inventor on a patent claim does not invalidate the claim", > >so someone else (your previous associate) can simply patent it over your > >head while that year is going by. Legally. Ianal, so please correct me if > >I am wrong. > > > >Peter > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu