Have a read of my other comment on the page (search antjohnst to speed up finding it) giving an example in the pharma industry.
That is because IT is more on the side of 'art' and 'open creativity' than pharmaceuticals which require a lot of background knowledge, far more rigorous testing and standards, and are a much more deadly legal…
I agree the example is clumsy because people will find it hard in that example to imagine why a novel is patentable (because it is obviously not in our world, ironically lacking the criteria of being "novel"!) I felt…
I think that whilst notch has raised some valid points, he has really written an argument based on half the picture. I believe that maybe notch should read up more on criteria of patentability, other patent areas, and…
Have a read of my other comment on the page (search antjohnst to speed up finding it) giving an example in the pharma industry.
That is because IT is more on the side of 'art' and 'open creativity' than pharmaceuticals which require a lot of background knowledge, far more rigorous testing and standards, and are a much more deadly legal…
I agree the example is clumsy because people will find it hard in that example to imagine why a novel is patentable (because it is obviously not in our world, ironically lacking the criteria of being "novel"!) I felt…
I think that whilst notch has raised some valid points, he has really written an argument based on half the picture. I believe that maybe notch should read up more on criteria of patentability, other patent areas, and…