The Innovation Patent Review and Free Software
Submitted by lev_lafayette on Sun, 07/06/2014 - 23:48Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, 1st July, 2014
1. About Patents
A definition from the World Intellectual Property Organisation "A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. To get a patent, technical information about the invention must be disclosed to the public in a patent application." [1]