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Tim O'Reilly wrote: > > > Ooh...sounds like a clever idea! Can I forward this message to slashdot > and to Dave Farber's IP list to get the idea out more widely? > > Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote: > > > > One very interesting point was brought up in this debate I had > not seen before: > > > > Patent filers have an affirmative obligation to disclose all prior > > art of which they are aware, and FAILING TO DO SO IS A CRIMINAL > > OFFENSE. > > > > What if we were to respond to patents for which there is no prior art > > by sending the filers (not the Patent Office) information about prior > > art by both email and registered mail? They would then be obligated > > to take note of this work in their patent application, and failing to > > do so would be grounds for both invalidating the patent and criminal > > prosecution. Thoughts? In addition why not: Set up a website ... e.g. http://www.patentpriorart.org which would act as 1) a repository for prior art, including art in the public domain 2) automatically forward prior art to the individuals on the patent application 3) automatically forward as a "file" to the patent office itself To keep this discussion on track, we could even do this as an open source XML project.. Let the deluge begin :-)) Jonathan Borden *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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