From: KH.Ranitzsch@t... (K.H.Ranitzsch)
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:31:42 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [still OT] Patenting the wheel
Check this out: http://www.theage.com.au/news/state/2001/07/02/FFX0ADFPLOC.html Apparently, changes in Australian patent law have made it possible to claim a patent on such long-standing inventions as the wheel - though not neccessarily that it would stand up in court. ;-)
From: Roger Burton West <roger@f...>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:47:29 +0100
Subject: Re: [still OT] Patenting the wheel
On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 10:31:42AM +0200, KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote: > Apparently, changes in Australian patent law have made it possible to The USA has, in effect, had a similar system for a while - their patent office is so flooded with applications that they grant anything that might be vaguely usable, and wait for it to be tested in court.