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- From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- To: xml-dev@XML.ORG
- Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 09:10:56 -0400
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?
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