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Wait, what? Who is suggesting that prior art wouldn't/shouldn't matter? "First to file" patents would still be invalidated by any published (or publicly avail
by michael_dorfman 16y ago
Wait, what?
Who is suggesting that prior art wouldn't/shouldn't matter?
"First to file" patents would still be invalidated by any published (or publicly available) prior art. It just means that you couldn't invalidate by demonstrating that you were privately working on the same idea.
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- extension 16y agoWhat counts as private/public? If I show someone a project I'm working on but I've never shown anyone else, can this person go patent it?