On Wednesday, December 25, 2019, 12:43:50 PM PST, Punk-Stasi 2.0 wrote: On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 18:55:59 +0000 (UTC) jim bell <[1]jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote: >> In implementing that, I had just invented the Disk Emulator, or semiconductor disk. Technically, there may have been a similar thing for mainframes, but mine was the first for Personal Computers. > as if we needed more proof of what kind of fraud so called 'intelectual property' is. > XXXX 'technically' existed but I RE-'invented' it anyway haha I didn't attempt to patent my SemiDisk because I considered the idea too obvious. In hindsight, I could probably have obtained a valid patent, at least in personal computers. During the 1990's, there was the phenomenon of "form-factor patents": Features in hard drives were being patented where they were "the first 3.5 inch hard drive to have [fill in the blank]". This was very controversial. [2] The Problem of Reducing Patentability to Novelty ... https://www.ipwatchdog.com âș 2017/07/31 âș problem-reducing-patentabili... 1. Jul 31, 2017 - ... became actively involved in patent law policy conversations because the disk drive industry was suffering from so-called âform factorâ patents. Jan 15, 2020 - Jan 16, 2020 [3]Certified Patent ... Feb 4, 2020 - Feb 5, 2020 [4]Certified Patent ... Mar 9, 2020 - Mar 11, 2020 [5]Global IP Exchange ... Global IP Exchange Europe - IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law Global IP Exchange Europe 9 â 11 March 2020 | Hotel Palace, Berlin, Germany The Global IP Exchange EU brings tog... Jim Bell References Visible links 1. mailto:jdb10987@yahoo.com 2. https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/07/31/problem-reducing-patentability-novelty/id=86275/ 3. https://www.ipwatchdog.com/event/certified-patent-valuation-analyst-training-16/ 4. https://www.ipwatchdog.com/event/certified-patent-valuation-analyst-training-17/ 5. https://www.ipwatchdog.com/event/global-ip-exchange-europe/ Hidden links: 7. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22form+factor+patents%22&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS827US827&oq=%22f&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j0j69i59j0l2j69i65l2.1476j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 8. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ctswESh_JBQJ:https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/07/31/problem-reducing-patentability-novelty/id%3D86275/+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us 9. https://www.ipwatchdog.com/event/global-ip-exchange-europe/