RE: Tux 2 patents

[Marty Fouts]

This is not correct.  There is a lot of partially correct information being
passed around in this thread, and I strongly suggest that people who are
interested not rely on what is being said here, but read the NOLO press book
as a starter, and talk to an IP lawyer if you need to know the details.

Marty

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff V. Merkey [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 11:52 AM
To: Marty Fouts
Cc: 'jesse'; [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Tux 2 patents

And you only get the year of protection **IF** you have filed a
provisional patent application, which expires 12 months after it's
issued.  You must then file a non-provisional patent application before
the year runs out, or you cannot patent the techniques.