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1995-09-21 - Re: Patents and trade secrets was: Encryption algorithms used in PrivaSoft

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From: shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields)
To: thad@hammerhead.com (Thaddeus J. Beier)
Message Hash: b84f8015e99db36088a65bed12922196374e7d2f235dd5df329d5872410b1622
Message ID: <m0svqr4-000DSHC@yage.tembel.org>
Reply To: <199509210637.XAA11478@hammerhead.com>
UTC Datetime: 1995-09-21 19:00:37 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 12:00:37 PDT

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From: shields@tembel.org (Michael Shields)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 95 12:00:37 PDT
To: thad@hammerhead.com (Thaddeus J. Beier)
Subject: Re: Patents and trade secrets was: Encryption algorithms used in PrivaSoft
In-Reply-To: <199509210637.XAA11478@hammerhead.com>
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> Now, this is all expected to change, to become more harmonious
> with the rest of the world.  The changes that I've heard are
> 1) Go to first-to-file instead of first-to-invent
[...]

Does this mean that prior art would no longer invalidate a patent?
-- 
Shields.

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