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In the United States, if you publish an invention, the inventor has
1 year from the publication date to file a patent application. After
the publication, no person other than the inventor/publisher can
patent the invention described unless that person can document that
they invented the same thing before the publication date.<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_%28patent%29">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_(patent)</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/18/2012 10:03 PM, Glenn Wright
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAH7DSE7zfe8Bf5a5xdVGt7NH874dyqoabCsfp-aYN_yNXYvAAA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hello Noisebridge! I have some questions that may be
appropriate for this list.<br>
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I'm thinking about starting a "Flow And Glow Hackers" Google group
or other forum for discussion of creating electronically-enhanced
poi, hoops, staves, and other flow tools. I know there are a
number of people in the Bay Area working on such projects and
several others across the country and around the world, and I'd
like to get people talking. However, before I start such a group,
I would want to make sure people could feel comfortable posting
code, schematics, and so on without being afraid their work would
get patented out from under them or anything like that. Any
suggestions or tips? Could I specify that some open source
hardware standard or other applies to discussions on the group? I
don't think most people working on these kinds of projects would
think that unreasonable; it's generally too small a market to
justify the cost of a patent.<br clear="all">
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-- <br>
-Glenn<br>
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