| Main > Main Forum |
| Arcade cabinets and patents |
| << < (3/5) > >> |
| Patent Doc:
OK, I just checked and sure enough 37 CFR 1.99 provides that once a patent application is published (the case here) any memeber of the public may submit references for consideration provided they pay the fee and meet the submission requirements (just form kind of things). No explanation of the art is allowed. |
| RayB:
Slightly off topic, but Nintendo was just awarded a patent for a "Sanity system in a video game". If you've played Eternal Darkness, you know what this is about. Ridiculous patent though. |
| elvis:
--- Quote from: Patent Doc on August 31, 2005, 02:01:56 pm ---OH by the way for all you Aussies out there. Just because litigation has hit yet doesn't mean it won't. In my experience, Australia is the easiest of the industialized countries as far as getting a patent goes. --- End quote --- The difference here is attitude. Thankfully, thus far the Australia public has proven themselves far less greedy and money hungry on the whole than some other nations. There is still a strong work ethic here, and less of a "get rich quick" mentality amoungst most. Although that is slowly changing for the worse. I just cross my fingers and hope to avoid it all in my lifetime. I pity my children, however. |
| xonix_digital:
So what do we do? Where do we go from here? I can't be letting a money-hungry company take over OUR industry. Lets start writing emails to the president!!! ;D -=XD=- |
| Avery:
--- Quote from: RayB on August 30, 2005, 11:24:02 pm ---Just think about this... If "patents" existed in the stone age, we never would have moved beyond the discovery of fire, let alone "the wheel". --- End quote --- Compare and contrast: Patents expire after a scant 15 years. Copyrights are rapidly becomming eternal. |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |