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I'd say - publish the idea and make use of it. You cannot (in theory) patent anything that was already published somewhere.
by kolinko 16y ago
I'd say - publish the idea and make use of it. You cannot (in theory) patent anything that was already published somewhere.
- djd 16y agoThe idea is unique and not published anywhere,hence the patent
- falsestprophet 16y agoYeah, so publish it. Publish it here right now.
- djd 16y agonot my idea else i would have :P
- arethuza 16y agoI would imagine that publishing the idea would leave the friend liable for legal action. It is highly (as dangrossman has already pointed out) that your friend has already signed something that assigns all IP created during a course.
- bajsejohannes 16y agoThis only works if the patent has not been applied for yet. Is this the case?
- dctoedt 16y agoThat's true for most non-U.S. countries. In the U.S. and a very few other countries, however, an inventor has a one-year grace period after publication (or offer for sale, or "public" use) in which to file a patent application. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_(patent) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty_(patent).
- JabavuAdams 16y agoNonsense! In the US and Canada, you have a one year grace period. It's absolutely standard for researchers to publish a peer-reviewed paper and then patent within that grace period.