On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 17:09 +0100, Lars Luthman wrote:
Prior art doesn't exempt the first implementor, it invalidates the
patent, at least in the US.
And everywhere else, I hope. Anything other than that would be insane.
(regardless of whether the whole concept of patents is insane or not)
Suppose the whole concept really is insane, then prior art could be
excempted without breaking any sanity rules, yes?
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