[Noisebridge-discuss] TALK AND BOOK-SIGNING BY BOB ZEIDMAN AT NOISEBRIDGE TOMORROW NIGHT

Tue Aug 9 01:52:05 UTC 2011

Leaving Bob's possible opinion on patents out of the discussion, I  
learned interesting stuff about patents, which I didn't know much  
about. To me, one of the most interesting remarks came from the  
audience when another expert insisted that patents aren't intended to  
allow you to do something, but to prevent others from doing it. In  
that sense, it's a monopoly tool.

Now I wonder, let's say you have an invention, and want to share it  
with the community. If you don't want to file a patent, how do you  
keep another company from filing it and bust you after you show your  
prototype around? It seems to me like CC, as a copyright licence,  
works for content and code, but does it work if you also want to  
describe a method, or the idea for an invention? I guess a scientific  
publication, or some serious public disclosure about the invention can  
prevent a monopoly-intended patent from being filed, but I'm not 100%  
sure this is a robust legal tool.

It looks like http://www.patentcommons.org/ was made for this purpose  
in mind, but looking at the website's news section, the project seems  
to have stopped in 2007. Has anyone heard of it before, or knows about  
similar initiatives?

Julien

> Bob was fairly gracious about it. He's sending us a check for the  
> procedes from his book sales. I will bring the dough to nb for  
> deposit when it arrives.
>
> At the end of the day, he was mostly there to inform us all about  
> the patent system, which, despite the system being a shambles, is  
> something we should all know about. Learn your enemy's tactics and  
> all that...
>
> On Aug 8, 2011 1:02 AM, "Evan Bangham" <ebangham at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Were you not there to see the speaker and a certain NoiseBridge  
> member
> > verbally assail each other?
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Ken Adler <ken.adler at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> >
> >> Whys that?
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:45 PM, Evan Bangham <ebangham at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Some how I don't think this guy is going to be coming back.
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:30 PM, VonGuard <vonguard at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> TL;DR: 7 PM Thursday Aug 4 (tomorrow) Bob Zeidman will be  
> speaking at
> >>>> Noisebridge about intellectual property rights and patents.  
> Come one, come
> >>>> all.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> THE MADE, NOISEBRIDGE TO HOST TALK AND BOOK-SIGNING BY BOB
> >>>>
> >>>> ZEIDMAN
> >>>>
> >>>> “The History of Digital Game Intellectual Property from Atari  
> to Zynga”
> >>>>
> >>>> The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment is pleased to  
> announce a talk
> >>>> and
> >>>>
> >>>> book-signing by Bob Zeidman, inventor of the Silicon Valley  
> Napkin,
> >>>> co-hosted by
> >>>>
> >>>> Noisebridge. The event will take place August 4th at 7:00PM at
> >>>> Noisebridge’s hacking
> >>>>
> >>>> community space located at 2169 Mission St., San Francisco CA.
> >>>>
> >>>> The talk will cover video game copyrights, intellectual  
> property, trade
> >>>> secrets, and
> >>>>
> >>>> patents, as well as how to protect your own intellectual  
> property.
> >>>> Zeidman will
> >>>>
> >>>> also discuss early landmark video game cases such as Atari v.  
> Nintendo,
> >>>> Williams
> >>>>
> >>>> Electronics v. Artic International, and Apple v. Franklin.
> >>>>
> >>>> Copies of Zeidman’s book, The Software IP Detective's Handbook:
> >>>> Measurement,
> >>>>
> >>>> Comparison, and Infringement Detection, will be available for  
> signing
> >>>> after the event. All
> >>>>
> >>>> proceeds from book sales go to benefit The MADE, a registered  
> 501(c)3
> >>>> non-profit.
> >>>>
> >>>> About Bob Zeidman
> >>>>
> >>>> Bob Zeidman is the founder and president of Zeidman Consulting.  
> Since
> >>>> 1987, Bob
> >>>>
> >>>> has designed ASICs, FPGAs, and PC boards for RISC-based parallel
> >>>> processor
> >>>>
> >>>> systems, laser printers, network switches and routers, and  
> other real
> >>>> time systems.
> >>>>
> >>>> His clients have included Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, Ricoh  
> Systems,
> >>>> and
> >>>>
> >>>> Texas Instruments. He has written technical papers on hardware  
> and
> >>>> software design
> >>>>
> >>>> methods, and has taught courses on Verilog, ASIC, and FPGA  
> design at
> >>>> engineering
> >>>>
> >>>> conferences throughout the world. He holds a master's degree from
> >>>> Stanford University
> >>>>
> >>>> and two bachelor's degrees from Cornell University and holds  
> several
> >>>> patents. He is the
> >>>>
> >>>> author of The Software IP Detective's Handbook, Designing with  
> FPGAs and
> >>>> CPLDs,
> >>>>
> >>>> Verilog Designer's Library, and Introduction to Verilog.
> >>>>
> >>>> Bob was also the president, CEO, and founder of The Chalkboard  
> Network,
> >>>> an e-
> >>>>
> >>>> learning company for engineers and business professionals and is
> >>>> currently the
> >>>>
> >>>> president of Zeidman Technologies, a company developing unique  
> software
> >>>> tools for
> >>>>
> >>>> efficient development of embedded systems.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> >>>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ken Adler
> >> 510-290-5806 (cell)
> >> Ken at adler.net
> >> ----
> >>
> >>
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Julien Bloit
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