Re:Re: License for Google's patent
by anamax on Friday April 23, 2010 @02:27PM
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> > If someone builds a better mousetrap, it's patentable.
>Only if the mechanism is novel.
Actually, no. It's perfectly reasonable to patent using old mechanisms to do new things or to do old things differently.
For example, appropriate to patent using a lever to do something that no one had thought to do with a lever before, despite the fact that levers are one of the oldest mechanisms.
Note that new mechanisms don't come along very often. Much of what we get are new uses or new applications.
>Only if the mechanism is novel.
Actually, no. It's perfectly reasonable to patent using old mechanisms to do new things or to do old things differently.
For example, appropriate to patent using a lever to do something that no one had thought to do with a lever before, despite the fact that levers are one of the oldest mechanisms.
Note that new mechanisms don't come along very often. Much of what we get are new uses or new applications.