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I think American patents changed some time in the past decade to match how they’re done in the rest of the world; The first person to patent the thing gets the

by swiley 8y ago

I think American patents changed some time in the past decade to match how they’re done in the rest of the world; The first person to patent the thing gets the rights completely regardless of the time or person the implementation is associated with.

brlewis 8y ago
Prior art still invalidates patents AFAIK. Unless there's some recent Fed Circuit decision that changes that.
pgeorgi 8y ago
But only in the first year after first publication. So if the feature was available elsewhere for long enough, no patent for anybody.