[Discuss] [Open Manufacturing] patent pools for defense of open source contributors

[alicia]

They actually should not be allowed to patent public domain items due to it
being in the public domain which establishes prior art. The case that stuff
gets patented when there's prior art is an unfortunate failure of the
patent system, but is not intended to work that way.

Alicia


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Andrés Delgado <andres at delgado.ec> wrote:

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> On 20/08/14 13:19, alicia wrote:
> > If you /have/ patents, then yes, I think these systems are excellent for
> open sourcing your patent.
> I think the aspect missing is many oshw companies do not want to go
> through the hassle of getting the patent.
> >
> > Remember hardware is inherently open until closed (with a patent)!
> >
> > Alicia
> If it remains "open" is public domain and anyone can patent it and
> prevent others to use it. The most appropiate method to avoid patent
> trolls is a defensive patent
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> - --
> Atentamente,
>
> Andrés Delgado
> http://andres.delgado.ec
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