Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!rutgers!ucsd!pacbell.com!ames!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Patents and Architecture Message-ID: Date: 10 Jul 90 15:14:02 GMT References: <62864@sgi.sgi.com> <=Y943A7@xds13.ferranti.com> <37297@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <63007@sgi.sgi.com> <40193@think.Think.COM> <1136@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 21 In article <1136@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> gordoni@chook.ua.oz.au (Gordon Irlam) writes: > Main Sources of Technological Information > for Engineers Involved with the Patent System > Source Percent > Technical and trade journals 38.0 How much of the stuff in those technical and trade journals would be published in detail if they didn't have patent protection? (grabs a magazine at random: NASA Tech Briefs) Just about every article is followed by something like: This invention is owned by NASA, and a patent application has been filed. Inquiries concerning nonexclusive or exclusive license for its commercial development should be addressed to the Patent Counsel, Johnson Space Center [see page 16]. Refer to MSC-21408. The current Australian government is pretty hostile to free enterprise. It is not surprising that they did such a shallow study they missed obvious connections like this. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180.