Patents and trade secrets was: Encryption algorithms used in PrivaSoft
Robert Hettinga
rah at shipwright.com
Fri Sep 22 05:03:52 PDT 1995
Historical example time...
>(0) Alice invents a snaffleblort.
Some Other Guy invented telephone
>(1) Bob invents a snaffleblort.
A.G. Bell invented telephone.
>(2) Bob files for a patent on a snaffleblort.
A.G. Bell files 6 hours earlier.
Actually happened. We know what happened...
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Robert Hettinga (rah at shipwright.com)
Shipwright Development Corporation, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131
USA (617) 323-7923
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