From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:21:40 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20130315181740.C14B3B834@mail.bitblocks.com> References: <43666446-4389-480B-B478-99A967F7A57A@bitblocks.com> <20130315174654.GA1764@intma.in> <20130315181740.C14B3B834@mail.bitblocks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] The PATENTED IBM MULTI-PIPE : the evolution of unix pipes Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2ad9296a-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri Mar 15 14:18:28 EDT 2013, bakul@bitblocks.com wrote: > On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:46:54 EDT Kurt H Maier wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:29:09AM -0700, Bakul Shah wrote: > > > > > > If it is same or close enough, what matters is if your code can be > > > shown as prior art. > > > > I don't see how. The US is first-to-file land, now. > > I believe prior art does matter. Otherwise I can trawl > through all old tech papers and start filing patents left and > right -- wouldn't be surprised if someone has already tried > that! I am not a lawyer etc. ianal, but i believe no disclosure is allowed before filing. it's a deal. disclosure for patent. if it's already disclosed there can't be a deal. - erik