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Re: Patent law

In general you are correct Mark.

There are exceptions.  If no one had thought of clicking on an icon to 
bring up
a window, then yes, that could be patentable given the proper 
circumstances. In fact, one could patent what the window looked like if 
it had a specific
design (but if another window comes ut with a minor tweak you're SOL)

Also, you COULD, theoretically use someone else's code to do something 
provided
it wasn't patented, but it depends on how you use it.

It also depends what "Car Break" means.  Ultimately it does need to be 
tied into
the means of implementing it as well, in some way shape or form.

~peace~

Michael

Quoting mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>:

> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a patent a
> protection of an idea's implementation and not an
> idea?  Like for instance I couldn't patent "car break"
> but I could patent a new technology I developed to
> break a car... So if the Repeater (or any Looper)
> implemented time stretching of audio USING someone
> else's circuit design and code, they'd be in trouble.
> However if they developed a new way of doing it,
> they're in the clear.  I have to think it's got to be
> like this or how could Microsoft make Windows... or
> Apple make it's OS after looking at Zerox's computer
> GUI?  You can't patent "clicking on an icon brings up
> a graphical representation of a window" but you can
> patent the code you use to implement it.  Am I totally
> off here?
>
> Mark
>
> --- jeff larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> From: Warren Sirota [mailto:wsirota@wsdesigns.com]
>> > Interesting. Can you give me any hints as to where
>> I might find the
>> patent
>> > info?
>>
>> Mr. Perille was kind enough to send me this URL:
>>
>>
> http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u
>>
> =%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=per
>> ille.IN.&OS=IN/perille&RS=IN/perille
>
>
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