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Phil Cook v2 wrote:
> However that's just patents there are also trademarks which enforce the
> 'style' of something and that doesn't just apply to the physical.
The USA also has what's called "design patents". For example, if you invent
a novel way of carving glass or polishing paint or something, you can patent
it as a "design patent" and keep someone else from using it. (That's all
I've seen it applied to personally, but I suspect the intention was to allow
you to patent for example a phone where the keyboard slides open in two
different directions or something, regardless of how you mechanically
realized it.)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Eiffel - The language that lets you specify exactly
that the code does what you think it does, even if
it doesn't do what you wanted.
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