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03/03/10 17:38
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 		 #173788 - "Design Patents" - US-specific?
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Joseph Hebert said:
There's something else you should watch for regarding patents. There are utility patents, which are what everyone thinks of when they think of patents, and there are design patents, which are not.

I think this is US-specific?

Despite what you may think, design patents have everything to do with creativity and nothing to do with invention. A design patent is essentially copyrighting any feature or characteristic of something that is strictly asthetic, that has no bearing on the function of the device.

Over here, that would be called a Registered Design



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I don't understand why Patents?            01/01/70 00:00      
   it would be the ultimate stupidity            01/01/70 00:00      
   Have you considered chronology?            01/01/70 00:00      
      Agents            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not obligatory            01/01/70 00:00      
            But you beg to have one...            01/01/70 00:00      
   The idea            01/01/70 00:00      
   Do you want to build a hearing aid?            01/01/70 00:00      
    The purpose of the patent ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      So what you are basically saying            01/01/70 00:00      
         No            01/01/70 00:00      
         That's not an *Invention*            01/01/70 00:00      
         Purpose of patent            01/01/70 00:00      
            patents are a complete quagmire to suck in the unwary            01/01/70 00:00      
               Never go to court to enforce a patent            01/01/70 00:00      
            Maybe not so much            01/01/70 00:00      
               Letters Patent            01/01/70 00:00      
   Source code in patents            01/01/70 00:00      
      In England            01/01/70 00:00      
   Beware of trivialising what you don't understand!            01/01/70 00:00      
   Think about it...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Now how does this work            01/01/70 00:00      
         can-openers            01/01/70 00:00      
         What often happens..            01/01/70 00:00      
            What happens in U.S.A.            01/01/70 00:00      
               What happens in the USA ?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Yep            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I should make it clearer            01/01/70 00:00      
   Invention v Implementation            01/01/70 00:00      
      "Design Patents" - US-specific?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Similar in Germany...            01/01/70 00:00      

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