[OWW-SC] Wikis and patents

[tk@csail.mit.edu]

That's right, although in the US you have a year from the first public  
disclosure to file.  This won't help you if you intend to file in  
foreign countries.  And disclosing the material is likely a bad idea  
even if you intend to file in the US only, since others may then be  
able to file broader patents around your specific work.

I'm more interested in using wikis as a way to invalidate patents than  
I am in filing them.  If they are not trusted, then this becomes much  
more difficult.




Quoting Maureen Hoatlin <hoatlinm at ohsu.edu>:

> My understanding is that a public disclosure of an invention before filing
> compromises a patent. So if you use an open wiki it would establish the date
> of the invention and other details but it would also be a public disclosure.
> Right? I¹ve been curious about this.
>
> -Maureen
>