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My understanding is that someone can now patent teleporters and replicators, and sue the person who eventually invents it. True?
by lhnn 15y ago
My understanding is that someone can now patent teleporters and replicators, and sue the person who eventually invents it. True?
- tzs 15y agoNot true. Why would you think it would be?
- lhnn 15y agoIt's first to file, right? I've heard there's no requirement for any implementation details or intent to manufacture; you can just come up with an idea, patent it, and wait for others to make it and sue them for royalties.
- monochromatic 15y agoIntent to manufacture, no. Implementation details, yes. Your disclosure has to enable a person of ordinary skill in the art to make your invention. If you don't know how your teleporter works, you can't get a patent on it.
- lhnn 15y agoAH! Ok. That is a crucial distinction I hadn't known was the case. It's important this be made clear, since I've seen several discussions implying "no details" was the case. P.S. To Whom It May Concern, It is objectively unfair for my OP to be downvoted. It was a legitimate question.
- monochromatic 15y agoYeah, I've seen lots of unfortunate confusion based on the "first-to-file" vs. "first-to-invent" distinction. Just doing my part as a patent attorney to clear it up when I notice it!
- tzs 15y agoYou're a patent attorney? Cool. I'm a former law student who never quite got around to finishing my last class, and has kept up somewhat so tries to answer questions here and on Reddit until actual attorneys jump in. Some of my answers have been voted way up, so there is some danger people might actually listen to them. Great to see an actual patent attorney around so that if I get something wrong there's a chance it will get caught.
- monochromatic 15y agoThere's a lot of misinformation out there. Keep fighting the good fight.