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Patent on an Algorithm
Posted: February 2nd, 2015, 3:41 pm
by MiloRambaldi
A US company wants to incorporate a published algorithm in their commercial product, but I heard that they need to get permission from the paper's authors first. Does that make sense? Could the authors have filed some patent on their algorithm?
Patent on an Algorithm
Posted: February 3rd, 2015, 12:02 am
by katastrofa
According to this article, yes:
http://www.todaysengineer.org/2011/dec/patent-law.asp (and, of course, algorithms can be patented in the US:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_patents)Copyrights may be also an issue here.
Patent on an Algorithm
Posted: March 16th, 2015, 3:43 pm
by DominicConnor
Yes, an academic paper is not a licence to us the IP in it, though they are often used in patent disputes to demonstrate prior art.
Patent on an Algorithm
Posted: April 1st, 2015, 3:38 am
by MiloRambaldi
The company was a non-profit, and they said they canned the project because they are afraid any possible legal action.
Patent on an Algorithm
Posted: April 4th, 2015, 1:34 am
by katastrofa
Good. NPOs are useless leeches latched to taxpayer money.
Patent on an Algorithm
Posted: July 24th, 2015, 5:06 am
by Polter