Patrick Elliott wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>>> He's confusing IP and "patent". IP is more like trademark.
>>
>> Um, no. You're confusing "IP" with copyright.
>>
> Oh, give me a break. As used in most cases the two terms are 
> interchangeable. 

Not when you're trying to highlight the differences between copyright, 
trademark, and patent law, which are collectively known as "Intellectual 
property."

http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aintellectual+property

 > Yes, you can, reasonably, extend the term to include
> both "products" 

Not products. Trademarks and patents and copyrights.

> general, copyright is covered by near perpetual ownership. 

Yes, at least in the USA.

> Patents.. do 
> eventually run out, even if they have reached the point where they are 
> sometimes over extended (or just shouldn't have been issued in the first 
> place).

Yes.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "We'd like you to back-port all the changes in 2.0
    back to version 1.0."
   "We've done that already. We call it 2.0."

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