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Thread ID: 96293	2009-01-05 18:18:00	If a person posted an idea on the Internet that conflicts with a patent...	Renmoo (66)	PC World Chat

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735226	2009-01-05 18:18:00	Dear all, What is the most probable action that will be taken against that person? Let's just assume the patent has been filed worldwide. Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
735227	2009-01-05 18:32:00	Dear all, What is the most probable action that will be taken against that person? Let's just assume the patent has been filed worldwide. Cheers :) It depends... mainly on whether the patent owner a) knows you've done it, and b) decides to bother to do anything about it. Remember that once a patent is filed, that information is out in the open - anyone can go to the relevant country's patent agency and view the documentation which was filed. The US Patent agency makes it even easier by putting things online.	somebody (208)
735228	2009-01-05 19:01:00	Posting an idea on the internet does not conflict with a patent. A patent just gives the patent holder the right to stop other people from using the idea.	Deane F (8204)
735229	2009-01-05 20:08:00	It depends... mainly on whether the patent owner a) knows you've done it, and b) decides to bother to do anything about it. Remember that once a patent is filed, that information is out in the open - anyone can go to the relevant country's patent agency and view the documentation which was filed. The US Patent agency makes it even easier by putting things online. Posting an idea on the internet does not conflict with a patent. A patent just gives the patent holder the right to stop other people from using the idea. In other words, the idea (rather than the use of it) can be freely replicated on the Internet?	Renmoo (66)
735230	2009-01-05 20:10:00	x3 Our product will soon be patented we hope	Digby (677)
735231	2009-01-05 20:26:00	In other words, the idea (rather than the use of it) can be freely replicated on the Internet? Yes. The process of registering a patent actually makes, on principle, that idea freely available. That's the idea of patents - they make the idea available to everybody - but the use of the idea is under the legally enforcable control of the patent holder.	Deane F (8204)
735232	2009-01-06 05:02:00	In other words, the idea (rather than the use of it) can be freely replicated on the Internet? The information can be shared but the use of that information is controlled. Ultimately the patent owner decides when he/she feels that their patent has been breached.	beeswax34 (63)
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