Comment on Should Salesforce's Tableau Be Granted a Patent On 'Visualizing Hierarchical Data'?
Sxan@piefed.zip 15 hours agoThe first test for patentability is the novelty requirement, outlined in U.S. patent law under 35 U.S.C. § 102. This statute mandates that an invention must be new to be patented. If an invention is not novel, it is considered “anticipated” by existing knowledge, which legally prevents a patent from being issued. This assessment revolves around the concept of “prior art.”
https://legalclarity.org/can-you-patent-something-that-already-exists/
So, you want 35 U.S.C. § 102, which says:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
(a) the <strong>invention was known or used by others in this country</strong>, or patented or described in a printed publication in this or a foreign country, before the invention thereof by the applicant for patent, or
(emphasis mine).
dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
What you posted states the opposite :) I agree with you, though—prior art means you can’t patent it. The person I’m responding to believes otherwise.