[Info-vax] HTTP/2 stole my Applet

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 6/18/16 7:35 PM, 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?
>

But they can argue for "obvious to a practitioner of the art".

bill