Quote from: aerobatic on June 21, 2016, 09:37:53 AM

Quote from: RodeoX on June 20, 2016, 06:50:51 PM

So the guy who anonymously published bitcoin as an open source project now wants to patent it?

Ok. Cheesy

thats a misunderstanding. no, you cant patent something thats already been published. these patents are for new blockchain related inventions and will only be granted if they're novel. any attempt to patent something already in use won't be possible (and the patent lawyers know that, so they're unlikely to waste money trying).

This is mostly correct. Except the part about the patent lawyers. They aren't wasting money, they are getting paid. They will try to patent anything you want to try. They make a fortune from it. So, they file his applications happily without any regard to whether or not it has been published before. However, the patent office might not grant the patent if it turns out there are publications.