In the context of patent law, using the Internet as a source of prior art when assessing whether an invention is novel and inventive, is problematic since it is often difficult to ascertain precisely when information on websites became available to the public. Case law relating to the evidentiary value of information retrieved from the Internet is sparse but concludes that using the Internet is acceptable provided that the date of a particular disclosure can be reliably determined.
Read more about Internet As A Source Of Prior Art: Background
Famous quotes containing the words source, prior and/or art:
“By poeticizing love, we imagine in those we love virtues that they often do not possess; this then becomes the source of constant mistakes and constant distress.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“A diff’rent cause, says Parson Sly,
The same effect may give:
Poor Lubin fears, that he shall die;
His wife, that he may live.”
—Matthew Prior (1664–1721)
“Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)