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* Somewhat related: [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/12/nicholas-cage-patent.html Film sued for showing use of a patented idea] ("Knowing" - a fiction, staring Nicholas Cage) | * Somewhat related: [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/12/nicholas-cage-patent.html Film sued for showing use of a patented idea] ("Knowing" - a fiction, staring Nicholas Cage) | ||
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Revision as of 10:22, 13 January 2010
Stories, storylines, and literatture are examples of fields where ideas cannot be patented.
However, the USPTO has agreed to review one such patent.
(to check: See Ben D. Manevitz "What's the Story with Storyline Patents - An Argument Against the Allowance of Proposed Storyline Patents and for the Rejection of Currently Pending Storyline Patent Applications" (2006) 24 Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal 717.)
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- Analogies - including a literature patents analogy
External links
- Somewhat related: Film sued for showing use of a patented idea ("Knowing" - a fiction, staring Nicholas Cage)
