[Gllug] Euro Patent Law

[Alain Williams]

On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 03:54:24PM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> Your objections are filed with the patent office. The patent owner has
> to counter them. Once the patent has been *granted* the observations
> cannot change that fact, but before the grant the patent examiner can
> refuse the grant.
> 
> See http://www.patent.gov.uk/patent/indetail/observations.htm
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > * how much does it cost ?
> 
> Nil. Nada. Nothing.
> 
> > * if you demonstrate prior art is the patent then recinded ?
> 
> If the patent hasn't been granted, then it won't be. If the patent *has*
> been granted, then the material is published by the patent office and
> can be found by people pulling out the public correspondence with the
> patent office.
> 
> > * does the patent holder have to tell you about challenges to the patent
> >   that he is currently hitting you over the head with ?
> 
> No - *you* have to go to the Patent Office and ask for the
> correspondence about the patent.

That is wrong. If a patent has been shown to be bad, the owner should not be
allowed to use it again.

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