[Info-vax] HTTP/2 stole my Applet

[David Froble]

lawrencedo99 at gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, June 19, 2016 at 3:21:36 AM UTC+12, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2016-06-18, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>> Can you own an idea?
>> Yes. Copyights protect an implementation of an idea; a patent protects
>> the idea itself.
> 
> If someone came up with the same idea before you, that can invalidate your patent (“prior art”).
> 
> But if they came up with the same idea *after* you, they cannot claim independent invention as a defence against infringement. Why is that?

If they could, then what is the use of copyrights and patents.  Well, Ok, 
patents.  It's not independent if copywrited material is copied.