IP: ONLINE PUBLISHING DILEMMA - follow on

[Dave Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Note from Galler:  Susan Kornfield is a practicing IP attorney, with
Bodman, Longley and Dahling.


> Date: 17 Nov 95 19:43:08 EST
> From: "Susan M. Kornfield" <75027.1120 () compuserve com>
> To: "Bernard A. Galler" <galler () umich edu>
> Subject: IP: ONLINE PUBLISHING DILEMMA
> Status:
>
> Just a comment in response to someone's suggestions that the issue of whether
> posting online is "public disclosure" for purposes of the U.S. patent laws, and
> the further comment that this issue will have to "mature;"  I could not
> disagree
> more. Unless the communication is a private letter to one person or a very
> small
> group of people and where there is no general posting, it is clearly a public
> disclosure of the type contemplated under the patent laws, and only a judge who
> does not understand online communications, Web sites, or conference postings,
> will misunderstand the issue.
>
> (My usual subtle comments).
>
> Susan