| From: | Nico Williams <nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com> |
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| To: | Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: How can we submit code patches that implement our (pending) patents? |
| Date: | 2018-07-25 15:21:32 |
| Message-ID: | 20180725152131.GK5695@localhost |
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On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 03:06:22AM -0400, Chapman Flack wrote:
> On 07/25/18 01:56, Nico Williams wrote:
>
> > Wrong. With patents the important thing is not to know about them when
> > you implement -- if you come up with the same idea by accident (which,
> > of course, is obviously entirely possible) then you are not subject to
> > trebble damages.
>
> Even if the damages are not trebled, can 1✕ the damages be more than you
> would like to shell out? Not to mention the hassle of getting any infringing
> uses to cease?
You get a chance to stop infringing. Also, how could you avoid
accidentally re-inventing patented algorithms if not by doing a costly
patent search every time you open $EDITOR??
> Also, is this distinction universally applied across jurisdictions?
It doesn't matter. The point is that no one does a patent search every
time they design an algorithm -- not unless they mean to patent it. So
you can't avoid accidentally re-inventing patented algorithms.
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