tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7258635.post110981570739509154..comments2024-02-01T15:15:11.308-08:00Comments on BitGrid - brilliant, or waste of time??: Preventing Patents?Mike Warothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12975818268596648269noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7258635.post-1131901829791567722005-11-13T09:10:00.000-08:002005-11-13T09:10:00.000-08:00The best way to prevent something from being paten...The best way to prevent something from being patented is to actually file for patent, but then do not patent the idea. Under laws of some contries this is consider a legal disclosure to the public, but no patent has been sought. Thus after a set time, for Canada it is 2 years the idea becomes completely unpatentable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com