Re: Software patents...
On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 03:16:28PM -0500, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> Alvin Oga wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Does anyone on this list know about or where/who to find info about
> >>software patents?
> >>My specific question is this: if I wrote a program my company that was
> >>being used on a government project and then I left the company and
> >>wanted to completely rewrite the code (it will do the same thing) and
> >>patent it myself, is that legal?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >< i aint no lawyer)
> >"patents" ... you have to be the first .... not the copy cat (rewrite)
> > so even if you were to pay some "expert lawyer $100M to get your
> > new patent ... it'd be worthless in the long run since it
> > is "next generation" of what somebody else did
> >
> > - where their originl ideas end and where you new ideas start
> > would depend on the govt contract and your employment terms
> >
> >i think you mean copyright .. but even so ... depends on the terms of
> >the govt contract and your employement contract where you work when
> >they hired you...
> >
> > - usually they own anything and everything ... including what's
> > in your head that you gained from when you worked there
> > ( its a touchy subject of what is "intellectual property"
> > ( vs just knowledge you get and remember... nobody can make
> > ( you forget what you know
> >
> >- ALWAYS talk to a lawyer ... and pay them for their professional advice
> ></aint>
> >
> >or if you want more "free" help, try debian-legal or other "sw mailing
> >lists"
> >
> >c ya
> >alvin
> >
> >
> >
> Thanks to everyone for your advice and help getting me started. :)
> As some pointed out, I actually did mean copywrite.
No. You meant copyright. Copywrite is the name of an early word
processing program.
>
> I'll try the "debian-legal" list as was suggested.
>
> Thanks again.
>
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