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Mr Justice Zacaroli finds manufacturing software copyright infringed and confidence breached in ex-employee fight

The IPKat

PQ became aware of InSPC v1 when it was promoted in demo form by CyberMetrics in the Summer 2017. Mr Aughton denied this and said that the copyright in ProSPC belonged to him because it was written as a hobby project outside his employment and, in any event, he did not copy ProSPC by any means (automatic translation or otherwise).

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Can We Patent An Idea That Made To Public?

Intepat

Organizing demos and pilot projects with investors. Sometimes, there are chances for people in the same field to figure out how to design or implement it based on your idea. This would give you a prior filing date and also protect your idea from being copied. The patent office can also reject the idea if it is too obvious.