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How about an “On the record” public domain dedication where dates, code, issues, wiki, etc are a matter of public record and establish legal grounds of prior ar
by mikece 8y ago
How about an “On the record” public domain dedication where dates, code, issues, wiki, etc are a matter of public record and establish legal grounds of prior art for countering patent issues like this?
- protomyth 8y agoI remember reading that IBM once did just that. I think they submitted something to the US Patent Office, but I cannot remember the reference. Might have been in the 360 days.
- matthewheath 8y agoYes - Technical Disclosure Bulletins[0] -- [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Technical_Disclosure_Bulletin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Technical_Disclosure_Bulle...
- cure 8y agoYes, it's called 'defensive publishing'.