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Replying to @perk @danielnazer and
35 U.S. Code § 115 states "that any willful false statement made in such declaration or statement is punishable under section 1001 of title 18 by fine or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both." - was it ever used?
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Replying to @duda_jarek @perk and
The trick is proving willfulness. I think the burden of proof is fairly high, and inventions are sufficiently complex, that one can argue to a jury "sure I had heard about X but I genuinely felt my version Y is different for these N reasons, so I was not willfully false."
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fwiw, it's probably a net societal good that there's a high standard for willfulness here, because inventions are complex enough that "good guys" could easily get sniped/harassed for honest mistakes by trolls & corps if the bar was too low.
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