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Authored by: myNym on Tuesday, January 01 2013 @ 10:27 AM EST |
If running the software in a simulator does not violate the
patent, then the software itself is not patented.
Wasn't this what I was saying all along?
I could invent a new torque wrench that uses a joint in a
novel way. The joint might be fastened with a standard nut
and bolt.
Getting a patent on the new device does not automatically
provide patent protection to the nut nor the bolt. In fact,
it _cannot_, as the standard nut and bolt have well
documented prior art.
How is this different to an unpatentable component (being
math more than software it seems: "respondents do not seek
to patent a mathematical formula") being included and yet
not by itself protected in D v D?
(I am not a lawyer, nor have I ever played one on TV, nor do
I ever intend to. This is not legal advice.)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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