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Date:      Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:42:57 +0100
From:      Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To:        gca1 <gca1@free.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Patent and software ...
Message-ID:  <20010312184257.E73862@lpt.ens.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010312175827.8114A-100000@or.or.com>; from gca1@free.fr on Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 06:21:17PM %2B0100
References:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010312175827.8114A-100000@or.or.com>

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gca1 said on Mar 12, 2001 at 18:21:17:
> Hello,
> 
> I have just read a article on patent in a linux periodical.
> 
> In USA, is it possible to take out a patent for a software or an idea ?
> 
> if a mere idea can be patented, then companies can patent all the
> unimaginable ideas and wait until have been developped by anyone else to
> have a operating monopoly or to cash rights.
> 
> Is that true ?

http://lpf.ai.mit.edu/Patents/patents.html

Patents can be overturned based on proof of "prior art" so it's not
quite as bad as you say.  But yes, it is pretty bad...

R

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