Iron Man's Suit Isn't Patented, It's A Trade Secret

Re:Iron Man's Suit Isn't Patented, It's A Trade Secret by btilly on Wednesday May 12, 2010 @12:03PM (#1341285)

I found most interesting the bit about the states secrets privilege. Every time I encounter that I suspect that some bureaucrat somewhere is using it to cover his ass, and the government is likely in the wrong. Certainly my reading about the facts of the very first case where it was asserted, United States vs Reynolds, says that this was the motivation.

See http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/Publications/Legal_Issues/the... for some of the background on that case.

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Re:Iron Man's Suit Isn't Patented, It's A Trade Secret by jodrellblank on Wednesday May 12, 2010 @02:21PM (#1341777)

Yet one of Judy's childhood friends sensed something. Susan White felt there was an "elephant in the closet" at Judy's house. She believed that the elephant was Judy's father.

English must be so weird for non-native speakers.

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Re:Iron Man's Suit Isn't Patented, It's A Trade Secret by eru on Wednesday May 12, 2010 @03:31PM (#1341990)

You are getting used to it. The worst part is, that English's flexible grammar makes puns easy. And then the English look down on people who actually have to think of funny ideas to make a joke.

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