overused it with personai handlings and pc resemble amiga mac s are
more finished and professional amateurs like them
less so artistic inventions can not be patented
But true inventions can b e patented but they are less artistic
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:40 PM, <robert.thill@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you, Simón.
>
> The following are some basic definitions as a kind of baseline for the
> discussion. From here, maybe we can move into the more sophisticated
> areas of the social and technological implications in art and culture,
> which you have suggested.
>
> Definitions:
>
> Here is Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary's general definition of
> "invention" (The Web site will not allow me to copy and paste the
> contents. So, you need to click on the link):
> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invention.
>
> Since we are talking about artists as inventors, here is what is
> offered by the same source for "inventor" (it redirects one to
> "invent"): http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inventor.
>
> Here is the United States Patent and Trademark Office's definition of
> "invention" from their glossary at USPTO,
> http://www.uspto.gov/main/glossary/index.html. (It is important to
> keep in mind that the creators of these definitions have specific
> stakes in them in relation to patents and U.S. law.)
>
> Invention: "any art or process (way of doing or making things),
> machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and
> useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may
> be patentable under the patent laws of the United States."
>
> Here is the USPTO definition of "inventor" from the same glossary:
>
> Inventor: "one who contributes to the conception of an invention. The
> patent law of the United States of America requires that the applicant
> in a patent application must be the inventor."
>
> Best,
>
> Robert
>
>
> On 3/2/09, Simón Pérez <jmurieta01@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >From Chile:
> >
> > I think we need to start this discussion with te parameters and
> categories
> > of what we think is an a invention there social and technological
> > implications in art and culture.
> >
> > I try to star with this.
> >
> > Sorry my bad english
> >
> > I think in names: Lawrence Lessig and Richard Stallman
> >
> > --
> > Simón Pérez Wilson
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