[39819] in Cypherpunks
Re: Patents and trade secrets was: Encryption algorithms used in
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Van Wie)
Thu Sep 21 22:30:35 1995
From: David Van Wie <dvw@hamachi.epr.com>
To: "'cypherpunks'" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 19:48:00 P
>> Now, this is all expected to change, to become more harmonious
>> with the rest of the world. The changes that I've heard are
>> 1) Go to first-to-file instead of first-to-invent
Michael Shields wrote:
> Does this mean that prior art would no longer invalidate a patent?
No. It just moves the prior art date from the date of invention to the date
of filing the patent application.
dvw
