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Re:Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the publ... by mikece on Sunday June 10, 2018 @09:39AM (#17278054)
How about an “On the record” public domain dedication where dates, code, issues, wiki, etc are a matter of public record and establish legal grounds of prior art for countering patent issues like this?
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Re:Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the publ... by protomyth on Sunday June 10, 2018 @09:58AM (#17278126)
I remember reading that IBM once did just that. I think they submitted something to the US Patent Office, but I cannot remember the reference. Might have been in the 360 days.
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Re:Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the publ... by matthewheath on Sunday June 10, 2018 @11:30AM (#17278549)
Yes - Technical Disclosure Bulletins[0]

-- [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Technical_Disclosure_Bulle...

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Re:Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the publ... by cure on Sunday June 10, 2018 @11:07AM (#17278431)
Yes, it's called 'defensive publishing'.
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