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    1. Per Vognsen‏ @pervognsen 12 Jan 2017
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      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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    2. Per Vognsen‏ @pervognsen 12 Jan 2017
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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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    3. Richard Geldreich‏ @richgel999 12 Jan 2017
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      The rebel in me just wants to keep blogging and let the chips fall where they will.

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    4. Chad Austin‏ @chadaustin 12 Jan 2017
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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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    5. Per Vognsen‏ @pervognsen 12 Jan 2017
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      IANAL, but the America Invents Act from 2013 changed the system from first-to-invent to first-to-file.

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    6. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 13 Jan 2017
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      Information in the public domain trumps subsequent work that's included in a patent.

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    7. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 13 Jan 2017
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      Posting your inventions publicly before others have thought about or documented them is the best defense

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    8. L.  😷. Ritter‏ @paniq 13 Jan 2017
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      what @pervognsen said unsettles me though. what does first-to-invent mean?

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    9. Sebastian Sylvan‏ @ssylvan 13 Jan 2017
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      Before: "I invented this five years ago", now filing date is all that matters.

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    10. Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 13 Jan 2017
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      Unless you publicly disclosed it, which invalidates subsequent invention claims.

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      Tim Sweeney‏ @TimSweeneyEpic 13 Jan 2017
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      Old: disclosure>invention>filing New: disclosure>filing>invention Disclosure still wins.

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        1. Glenn Fiedler‏ @gafferongames 13 Jan 2017
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          Technically yes. But remember, you have to be able to prove this 15 years from now. It's easier to prove by filing first.

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        2. Eric Adler‏ @ericladler 8 May 2017
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          Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @richgel999

          Patents only available on tech you INVENT. Copying from someone's blog is not inventing. Company's claiming otherwise are super shady.

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        3. Eric Adler‏ @ericladler 8 May 2017
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          Publishing ideas to a blog is fine as long as you don't want to patent the tech yourself.

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