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3/16/2013 the rule "first inventor to file (FITF)" was put in place, you are out of luck and now infringing on Yahoo's patent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firs
by smooty69 12y ago
3/16/2013 the rule "first inventor to file (FITF)" was put in place, you are out of luck and now infringing on Yahoo's patent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_to_file_and_first_to_invent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_to_file_and_first_to_inve...
- BWStearns 12y agoIANAL, but I was under the impression that prior art can invalidate a patent even with FITF if it wasn't an issue of contesting the ownership of the patent, since an invention has to be novel and publicly disclosed prior art would mean that the patent was issued invalidly rather than issued to the wrong inventor.