Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Nov 1999 00:00:04 +0100 (CET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Patent |
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On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Seth M. Landsman wrote:
> What a patent attorney friend of mine has said is that if > you send the filing patent attorney proof that there is prior art, > the attorney has a duty to notify his client and the PTO of this > prior art. OF course, take that with whatever grains of salt you > want.
Even if he doesn't act on the listing of prior art, it would be a nice indicator to the laywer and company in question that we have a large stack of prior art evidence that will be handed to the first party they try to sue over the patent.
Ie: if you start sueing, you're sure to lose the patent. So please be careful.
Ted's idea of a www.priorart.org would be great too. It shouldn't be too much trouble to host such a site somewhere outside of the US (or with the required disclaimers).
regards,
Rik -- The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network of people. That is its real strength.
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