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Can We Patent An Idea That Made To Public?

Intepat

Organizing demos and pilot projects with investors. This would give you a prior filing date and also protect your idea from being copied. As a result, one will have ample time to device the claims without worrying about the ownership of the invention. The patent office can also reject the idea if it is too obvious.

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Mr Justice Zacaroli finds manufacturing software copyright infringed and confidence breached in ex-employee fight

The IPKat

PQ became aware of InSPC v1 when it was promoted in demo form by CyberMetrics in the Summer 2017. Mr Aughton denied this and said that the copyright in ProSPC belonged to him because it was written as a hobby project outside his employment and, in any event, he did not copy ProSPC by any means (automatic translation or otherwise).

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[Guest post] Dua Lipa and Warner Music sued for copyright infringement

The IPKat

This case was dismissed in June 2023 in an order by Judge Sykes, for failure to plead copying – primarily for lack of 'access'. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer who allege that Lipa copied their composition 'Wiggle and Giggle All Night' (recorded by Cory Daye in 1979) and 'Don Diablo' (for which they own the rights).