On a more practical note most countries other than the US have a 'looser pays' system for settling legal costs. This is the main reason that 'bog-roll' patent applications are much less common outside the US. There is simply no incentive as the target of a patent troll extortion scheme knows that the troll faces a very real and serious financial risk if they begin an action. The secondary reason is that in virtually every other country any publication prior to filing disqualifies it. The USPTO is also unique in allowing a perjurer to get the benefit of claiming they invented the idea a year before the application date. > -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Nick Staff > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:43 AM > To: 'Joe Baptista'; 'Jeroen Massar' > Cc: pr-plan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ietf@xxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [Pr-plan] Re: George Green takes over internet > Re: 5WIntelligence Service Report > > Joe Baptista wrote: > > > does not look like that one was rejected. any advise Jeroen? > > > > thanks > > joe baptista > > > > Most every country requires that patent applications be filed > before an invention is ever used publicly or put on sale. > Additionally in the US, if an invention is described in a > printed publication anywhere in the world the inventor has > one year from that date to apply for a patent. Foreign > patent holders are granted no special consideration or > exemption under US patent laws in regards to the above requirement. > > nick > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf