30 Mar
2005
30 Mar
'05
10:13 a.m.
At Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:17:48 -0500, Joshua Hutchinson wrote:
In other words, just coming up with an idea is the easy part.
Certainly. AFAIK, Switzerland was one of the last countries that required you to hand in working prototypes of devices to be patented. That requirement was overturned by Germany threatening to increase customs duties [1]. Then there's the upcoming threat of software patents - I'm active in that area for quite some time already. Nevertheless Joshua might have some good ideas concerning camera design that he wants to share with us. Seems like I escaped his subtle sarcasm. [1] http://www.sffo.de/machlup1.htm -- Felix E. Klee