[dundee] U.K. Government to monitor social networking sites

[John¹]

On Thursday 26 March 2009 10:46:09 you wrote:
> It's always seemed to me that patents hinge more on the presentation
> and wording of the 'idea', rather than the true meaning of the
> innovation; at least at patent granting stage.  The later becomes more
> important when defending the patent.
>
> Anyway, don't take my advice, as I'm not a lawyer! :-)

Neither am I, I just have a friend who retired long ago who was a 
specialist Patent Attorney, I found it surprising quite how many there 
are. Some quite big firms on business parks defending and attacking 'IP', 
it is apparently a growing form of legal business, without the nasty dirty 
bits of crime being involved, all done in nice clean offices! 


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John Seago
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