I've been warned by devs at a couple corps that their employer's won't hesitate to rush to patent any details of Basis I blog about publicly
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Replying to @richgel999
Even with my cynicism about companies, that's incredible. You should out those companies publicly, if you have proof.
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Replying to @pervognsen
It places me in a rough spot: Blogging the details keeps me motivated!
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Replying to @richgel999
The reductio ad absurdum is that we can't share any novel ideas publicly. I consider that a far worse outcome.
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Replying to @pervognsen @richgel999
You shouldn't feel compelled to share your commercial ideas (and I can't share my work-related ideas). More the general issue.
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Replying to @pervognsen @richgel999
I.e. even outside of a strictly commercial context, there will be vultures, and we shouldn't stop sharing because of them.
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Replying to @pervognsen
The rebel in me just wants to keep blogging and let the chips fall where they will.
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Replying to @richgel999 @pervognsen
Public writing counts as prior art, right? Is the problem that you would need a legal team to ensure the USPTO sees?
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Replying to @chadaustin @richgel999
IANAL, but the America Invents Act from 2013 changed the system from first-to-invent to first-to-file.
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Information in the public domain trumps subsequent work that's included in a patent.
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Posting your inventions publicly before others have thought about or documented them is the best defense
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Replying to @paniq @TimSweeneyEpic and
Before: "I invented this five years ago", now filing date is all that matters.
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