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Re: Software patent debate: we lose round one

• From: "Tim O'Reilly" <tim@o...>
• To: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@m...>
• Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 11:18:36 -0700

Ooh...sounds like a clever idea!  Can I forward this message to slashdot
and to Dave Farber's IP list to get the idea out more widely?

Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote:
> 
> One very interesting point was brought up in this debate I had not seen before:
> 
> Patent filers have an affirmative obligation to disclose all prior
> art of which they are aware, and FAILING TO DO SO IS A CRIMINAL
> OFFENSE.
> 
> What if we were to respond to patents for which there is no prior art
> by sending the filers (not the Patent Office) information about prior
> art by both email and registered mail? They would then be obligated
> to take note of this work in their patent application, and failing to
> do so would be grounds for both invalidating the patent and criminal
> prosecution. Thoughts?
> 
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