(June 19, 2011 at 5:05 am)martin02 Wrote:(June 19, 2011 at 1:56 am)Stue Denim Wrote: An australian patented the wheel in 2001...
As I recall, this was a demonstration by a patent lawyer that a new fast track form of patents were poorly policed rather than a genuine attempt to claim such ownership.
Here we are: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn96...ralia.html
Shh don't tell them that, here they were thinking australians were brilliant, if we don't have the wheel we've got the cochlear implant, antibacterials for stomach ulcers and the hills hoyst. WE NEED THIS!