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- From: a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin)
- Date: 7 Dec 92 22:33:35 GMT
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- In <1fhnc6INN3ao@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> markd@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Mark Diamond) writes:
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- >One last thing. For Australian purposes, the "prior-art" issue is
- >largely irrelevant. The person entitled to a patent on an invention in
- >Australia is the person who first files for a patent, not the person who
- >invents. This is the reverse of US law where an inventor who can prove
- >that they invented something first is entitled to the patent.
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- I am not an Australian, or a lawyer, but....
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- "Prior art" is still relevant to patents. If you can show that an
- invention was publically available prior to the date of the patent
- application, it should not be patentable.
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