Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 06 Oct 2000 15:35:05 -0600 | From | "Jeff V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Tux 2 patents |
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I've filed lots of patents in my day Marty -- this is correct. I have two patent lawyers on staff. Want to try again..
Jeff
Marty Fouts wrote: > > This is not correct. There is a lot of partially correct information being > passed around in this thread, and I strongly suggest that people who are > interested not rely on what is being said here, but read the NOLO press book > as a starter, and talk to an IP lawyer if you need to know the details. > > Marty > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff V. Merkey [mailto:jmerkey@timpanogas.org] > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 11:52 AM > To: Marty Fouts > Cc: 'jesse'; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: Tux 2 patents > > And you only get the year of protection **IF** you have filed a > provisional patent application, which expires 12 months after it's > issued. You must then file a non-provisional patent application before > the year runs out, or you cannot patent the techniques. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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