If I understand what you have, the notation of your coding system may
be protected against duplication, but it would be trivial to take
your work and substitute a non-identical taxonomy that conveys the
identical information, e.g. your date codes for January 1, and
January 2, 2007 -- 2007.01.1, 2007.02.1 -- could be translated to
1.1.07, 1.2.07, without reproducing the protectable expression of
your unprotectable idea.
John Noble
At 5:55 PM -0500 17/1/07, Mark Reinmiller wrote:
>I have been working on publishing a list of date codes based upon
>manufacturer's serial numbers. This would be useful to a certain
>industry and manufacturer's typically do not make this information
>public. I have decoded much of the information myself.
>From my reading of the recent posts, it appears that no matter how
>much effort I put into developing this information, the information
>is basically facts and therefore not copyrightable. The format I
>chose in publishing the information may be, but it appears that I
>would have little protection if someone else chose to publish the
>same information in a slightly different format. Is my take on this
>correct?
>Thanks,
>Mark Reinmiller
Received on Fri Jan 19 2007 - 04:30:45 GMT
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