[TriEmbed] a little sanity may have been restored in the USA: software patents RIP

[Carl Nobile]

That may be, and I somewhat came to this conclusion after hitting the send
button.


On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Shane Trent <shanedtrent at gmail.com> wrote:

> Carl,
>
> I believe the software patent ruling has zero impact on NDAs. Confidential
> is the opposite of disclosing information publicly to get patent
> protection. If you use code that is written and owned by someone else you
> can still be sued. Code protected by NDA is still covered by NDA. But if
> you have published code or an algorithm in a patent application it puts you
> in an awkward position because by definition it has been publicly disclosed
> once the application published. This is one of the reasons that Google
> selects "Do Not Publish" when filing patent applications.
>
> Shane
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:41 PM Carl Nobile via TriEmbed <
> triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
>
> This can really throw a wrench into all NDAs that any software engineer
> has ever signed in their life. This would mean that using code, originally
> from a proprietary project, would not violate the purpose and concept
> behind the project, making it perfectly legal to use this code elsewhere.
>
> I have always worried about this. If I use code, from a propriety project,
> some piece of code that had nothing to do with the concept behind the
> project, in another project it would be completely legal.
>
> So I guess the only thing that can be patented is the idea and flows not
> the actual code.
>
> Good deal considering I understood the document correctly.
>
> ~Carl
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Pete Soper via TriEmbed <
> triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
>
> https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161005/15280135720/
> prominent-pro-patent-judge-issues-opinion-declaring-all-
> software-patents-bad.shtml
>
> -Pete
>
>
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