On 12/27/07, Apptech <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> >> Apart from the fact that I believe (possibly incorrectly)
> >> that they are
> >> treated differently, regardless of why:
>
> > This is the question I'd like to understand -- treated
> > differently in what
> > respect, and then possibly why (if that exists).
>
> >> The novel IS the words. Spoken or written or whatever
> >> they are
> >> embodiments of the actual IP concerned.
>
> > The circuit is the nodes and their connections. As
> > diagram, as netlist, or
> > whatever -- they are embodiments of the actual IP
> > concerned.
>
> No. Quite different.
> You can have all the netlists, diagrams or descriptions that
> you want and NEVER have the circuit. The circuit is the
> living breathing thing.

I didn't knew you're so good philosopher. For a good engineer it's
enough if had one functional board. From this point to schematic is a
small step (yes, even for a multilayer board).
>From schematic to a new PCB is just "a minute".
If there is also some IP for that board, things becomes complicated...
The "living breathing thing" is given by the engineer, so it's a
problem of the "person" and not of the "thing" itself.



>
> In the case of a novel, there is no product that is not
> embodied wholly in the intangibles. You can recite a novel
> or send it by light wave, or gravity wave or ... and it is
> THE novel that you are dealing with. In the case of the
> circuit it is the actual "machine" that is involved. You may
> intangibly describe it to your hearts intent, and it is not
> the thing per se that you are dealing with but a description
> of it. You cannot send a Schmitt trigger by way of a system
> that conveys only information - but you can send a
> description of it.
>
> You don't have to like this distinction, and you may have
> opinions about what should or shouldn't be protectable, but
> hopefully this vital differrence betwixt novel and
> multivibrator is clear.
>
>
>        Russell
>
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