> Dear devs, > > In a moment of serendipity I thought of a concept which may be > advantageous > if incorporated into the kernel. I was going to offer it to the OIN but > they responded they only consider existing patents and I don't have the > money to afford one. > > I am seeking advice on how to proceed. It could be used as a defensive > patent in which case I can email an expert who can file it. If that is the > concept is sound. I am not expecting any royalties from this myself. The > alternative is to dump it here to the LKML. If your only purpose is to try generate a defensive patent, then just dumping the idea in the public domain serves the same purpose, probably better. I have a few patents, some of which are defensive. That has not prevented the USPTO issuing quite a few patents that are in clear violation of mine. A defensive patent clearly did not prevent these patents from being issued. A defensive patent might make it slightly easier to protect yourself should one of the later patents try flex their muscle, but an idea that is well articulated in a public forum should be sufficient protection too. AINAL and all that... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
