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My (admittedly limited) understanding is that it depends if the patent in question covers the idea/concept, or an implementation of that idea... with the usual
by __chrismc 14y ago
My (admittedly limited) understanding is that it depends if the patent in question covers the idea/concept, or an implementation of that idea... with the usual caveat of different countries/different rules.
- stephencanon 14y ago(In theory) patents can only cover an implementation; you cannot get a patent on an idea or concept. In practice ...