Thursday, October 31, 2013

How general can an idea be before it is no longer original?  Where is the line between what is patentable and non-patentable?  There is a deep gray mist that is being explored more and more by the new scope of digital technology.  When a company is reserved a human natural gesture as their own intellectual property it has gone a bit too far.  Ideally we should be able to determine that the act of breathing is a common idea.  Too bad, because I was really hoping to profit from that.

1 comment:

  1. Maybe you should trying patenting breathing under the name "Oxygen intake using large respiratory actions" or something like that. Maybe you could get it.

    But on a more serious note, I like what you said. I personally think things become common pretty quick and should really be protected for very long.

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