The Patent Secrecy Act of 1951
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So basically what this means is that you have no right to make money from your invention, even if it was stolen by the government, even if it saves millions of lives.
As long as this law stands, no one has any rights.
That said, it is important to point out that if you have a valuable invention, you'd be better off posting it here and in as many public forums as possible to make sure it gets out. It's a fact that secrecy orders can't be issued for patents that are never filed. Only by filing a patent do you make yourself potentially vulnerable to this absurd law that guarantees that our best minds can never be compensated for their work.
Perhaps the U.S. will change its tune on this policy if a trend is set where it becomes fashionable NOT to protect new ideas. What does /sci/ think of this idea?
So basically what this means is that you have no right to make money from your invention, even if it was stolen by the government, even if it saves millions of lives.
As long as this law stands, no one has any rights.
That said, it is important to point out that if you have a valuable invention, you'd be better off posting it here and in as many public forums as possible to make sure it gets out. It's a fact that secrecy orders can't be issued for patents that are never filed. Only by filing a patent do you make yourself potentially vulnerable to this absurd law that guarantees that our best minds can never be compensated for their work.
Perhaps the U.S. will change its tune on this policy if a trend is set where it becomes fashionable NOT to protect new ideas. What does /sci/ think of this idea?
