Topic:
copyright
Topic:
legal issues
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Subtopic: patenting ideas 
| Quote: stack-based, sequential formula translation was patented in 1957
| | Quote: the MacKay vs. RCA patent case decided that while scientific truths are not patentable, can use them for novel and useful structures that are [»franRJ4_1978]
| | Quote: the Flook algorithm is patentable because it modified a manufacturing system, the Richman invention is not (methods of calculating parameters) [»franRJ4_1978]
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Subtopic: education
| QuoteRef: greeTJ_1979 ;;good review of writing and understanding patents, see hardcopy
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Subtopic: problems with software patents
| Quote: software patents must be eliminated; most major programs will require multiple licenses, making them infeasible [»leag1_1992]
| | Quote: software patents do not benefit society because invention is already flourishing [»leag1_1992]
| Quote: using xor to write a screen cursor is well known, obvious, and patented; Cadtrak collects millions of dollars
[»leag1_1992]
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