patent question

Exactly what CEO has a salary of $4B/yr?

That's the rub. Define "trivial" and "obvious". Many things are "obvious", once you understand them. That's the purpose of the patent, after all.

Instead of define "trivial" or obvious" like defenders of patents are waiting for, i would say :

It's a common attitude, nearly an idiosyncrasie, to obfuscate things for defending or protecting "patents" especially ideas commonly shared by everyone !

Good ideas are universal, people who are defending patents are defending the bad ones.

You can't base that on the standard 2,080 hour year. They might work ten hours a month or something.

Not all, but some.

OK, I'm game. What CEO works a standard year, even?

None.

If you want to change the subject, answer the question first. What makes something "obvious"?

Who says?

Actually the best patents are unnecessary.

Nobody else can build the damn thing.

Utter nonsense.

In that case one would be a fool to patent the widget. They *AREN'T* mandatory.

i didn't realize i had change the subject.

--- For patent owners with deep pockets who can defend the patent against pirates and ultimately come out of it with enforceable injunctions and collectable damages awarded in their favor, a patent is a good idea.

For most of the rest of us, I think the strategy boils down to something like: "Get it to market and expect that in a year you'll be up against an onslaught of cheaper knockoffs."

John Fields

Speaking of patents there is some characteristics commonly shared by patenters which is : "this is my idea ! it's forbidden for you, even incidentally, to have the same, even in 50 years ! you've been warned" that's what i meant with idiosyncrasy.

Patent examiner are of patenters ... obviously ... they are paid for what they are doing i.e. patenting not defending ideas in general.

H.

Hey Johnny i did not pretend i speak English !

You're right, nothing on the earth surface can be an obstacle to ideas dissemination - as you say - not even patents. Did i say something else ? I make no confusion between the ideas and processes. I do not mind that a patent protects a manufacturing process but not ideas in general. Or saying differently "an idea does not have to be owned by one person, the practical implementation of this idea may be ..."

Patents examiners always have sufficient skills to evaluate or distinguish ideas and implementations ? I really doubt of that.

That's all for me. H.