> I have heard that here in Sweden (not sure how common it is though)
instead of
> actually filing for a patent with an idea or a product, an add describing
the
> product and its main features is put far back amongst the personal ads in
a
> totally unrelated paper. The point of this being that the idea hereafter
is
> unpatentable and the add in the paper clearly sets a date to the
publication of
> the idea.

Just found that adding a PICList message Id to mid.gmane.org/ points
to the PICList
message. That is,
< mid.gmane.org/523E9C40.20099.29324590@ruben.rjjournal.net > points to the
quoted message.
So, someone from Sweden could post an idea here on PICList to make it
unpatentable in Sweden. He could refer to it through the message Id and
mid.gmane.org later (in case PICList server and mailman get down).
Ans I suspect there are other servers to fetch an email message by id.
Anyone know some? Thanks.
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