[Noisebridge-discuss] some vague intellectual property questions

[Jonathan Toomim]

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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_(patent) 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_%28patent%29>

On 7/18/2012 10:03 PM, Glenn Wright wrote:
> Hello Noisebridge!  I have some questions that may be appropriate for 
> this list.
>
> 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.
>
> -- 
> -Glenn
>
>
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