New Subforum Proposal - "Prior Art Disclosure"

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Hello Bitcoiners,

If it has not been done already, I would like to propose a new subforum called "Prior Art Disclosure". This forum seems like a good place to host it.

The concept of distributed crypto-currency (DCC) allows a revolution in new ideas. As such the more ideas we can document as early as possible the better. This way, when the patent trolls set in, there will be a good database of Prior Art Disclosure to ward of patents that will limit potential. And, it will be a easy place to go for patent examiners to look for prior art when examining DCC claims.

Thank you.

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Are you talking about IP in the software? I mean, the bitcoin software is open source, so it's not like the whole world didn't already know about it.

The blockchain is an excellent way to make IP claims in digital form. Simply make a transaction with a public note saying: "Here is my IP work: <hash>, <licence>". By signing the transaction with your private key and associating it with your public address, you can later prove that you own it by signing a statement with the same private key proving you signed it and it entered the blockchain with a time stamp and confirmed it with a huge and powerful computing network.