Hi everybody!
I have thought for a while about something that maybe should concern everybody since many of us DIY:ers are sometimes publishing own designs here, and some IMHO with real market value, and all these valuable information is given away for free.
I wonder now if somebody is publishing a design that may be a kind of a new circuit, invention or so not patented yet, is the published information when published on for instance here on DIYAudio, is it a public knowledge then?
As I understand if something is made public it can't be patented, but this is really not my area.
Or maybe sites like DIYAudio are not an official place where to publish, are there perhaps some other place on internet where somebody can make official publishings of own designs etc.?
Another thing is how and when to use Copyright (C), can the Copyright text/symbol be added whenever somebody feel to use the Copyright?
And if used, how can it possibly protect ones design, at least if we look at it from a theoretical point of view?
How are these issues applicable internationally, or perhaps just for Europe and US?
I hope these issues could be discussed from a general point of view, anybody with some insight?
I personally think it would be highly interesting to know somehting about these issues, I think if some DIY:er make any publishing that it would be good if it could be prevented from being patented as I guess here and everywhere on the internet are "commercial thiefs" who can snap up ones ideas and it would feel a bit pitty to see some DIY design being patented that have been published before.
I understand that it's impossible for companys etc who are applying for patents to check everywhere, but anyway.
I also understand that for most of us it's propably economically impossible to protect ones design, but newertheless hopefully we can put these kind of issues wont let the main issue to be discussed, but all aspects are valuable and interesting information and welcome to be discussed.
Regarding the Copyright issue I have seen someone use it in her schematics.
BTW, is it possible to make notes in combination with Copyright marking to add text such as "only for non-commercial use" to express the way a design is allowed to be used, this is also something seen sometimes.
Comments and worthwhile insights are wellcome!
Regards Michael
I have thought for a while about something that maybe should concern everybody since many of us DIY:ers are sometimes publishing own designs here, and some IMHO with real market value, and all these valuable information is given away for free.
I wonder now if somebody is publishing a design that may be a kind of a new circuit, invention or so not patented yet, is the published information when published on for instance here on DIYAudio, is it a public knowledge then?
As I understand if something is made public it can't be patented, but this is really not my area.
Or maybe sites like DIYAudio are not an official place where to publish, are there perhaps some other place on internet where somebody can make official publishings of own designs etc.?
Another thing is how and when to use Copyright (C), can the Copyright text/symbol be added whenever somebody feel to use the Copyright?
And if used, how can it possibly protect ones design, at least if we look at it from a theoretical point of view?
How are these issues applicable internationally, or perhaps just for Europe and US?
I hope these issues could be discussed from a general point of view, anybody with some insight?
I personally think it would be highly interesting to know somehting about these issues, I think if some DIY:er make any publishing that it would be good if it could be prevented from being patented as I guess here and everywhere on the internet are "commercial thiefs" who can snap up ones ideas and it would feel a bit pitty to see some DIY design being patented that have been published before.
I understand that it's impossible for companys etc who are applying for patents to check everywhere, but anyway.
I also understand that for most of us it's propably economically impossible to protect ones design, but newertheless hopefully we can put these kind of issues wont let the main issue to be discussed, but all aspects are valuable and interesting information and welcome to be discussed.
Regarding the Copyright issue I have seen someone use it in her schematics.
BTW, is it possible to make notes in combination with Copyright marking to add text such as "only for non-commercial use" to express the way a design is allowed to be used, this is also something seen sometimes.
Comments and worthwhile insights are wellcome!
Regards Michael