Re: [boost] Conflict with patent

Subject: Re: [boost] Conflict with patent
From: Darryl Green (darryl.green_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-22 08:58:16

On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 08:32 +0100, John Reid wrote:
> Artyom wrote:
> > 3. If everyone would search full patents list to find out if his idea
> >    is patented in US he will spend much more time on searching then coding.
> 
> On a side note, I'd like to point out that even if you do spend the time 
> searching the patents list and find some patent that *possibly* covers 
> your work, then it is a bad idea to write to a public list describing 
> your work and identifying the patent. All these lists are easily 
> searchable and your legal position can't be better if it can be shown 
> you were aware of the patent.

Maybe. On the other hand, a credible invalidity argument does help in
avoiding willful infringement. In that vein I thought it might be worth
mentioning this
http://web.archive.org/web/20010508065835/http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/algorithms/cbtree.html

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