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Re: Point of No Return? Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impo ssible


From: Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 05:17:46 +1200

Drsolly wrote:

OK, got it. So, I can't patent it, but anyone else can. Rats.

You could apply for a patent for it and so long as the patent examiner 
did not find your publication, a patent could be granted, but if 
someone else then challenged that patent on the grounds that you, the 
applicant, had previsouly published the idea, I strongly suspect that 
the patent would be revoked much more easily than if someone else had 
filed the application and _you_ challenged their patent.

Yes, it's seriously borked...


Regards,

Nick FitzGerald

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