Talk:IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin

Delphion Link

Ed, I'm normally the first to delete a commercial link, but I don't know of any non commercial sites that make the TDB available. Any thoughts?--Nowa 02:09, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I don't like external links which lead to login pages. Can't we replace the link with this one: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/licensing/patents/disclosures.shtml? This would let users choose between four different ways of getting the Bulletin. --Edcolins 07:41, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I have changed it for now. --Edcolins 07:45, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Well I have tried to find a comprise, do you agree? --Edcolins 07:52, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Excellent. Nice additions. I wasn't aware that IBM was still publishing Technical Disclosures. (My appologies about the Delphion link leading you to a log in page. I'm a subscriber so I automatically log in.)--Nowa 09:34, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Secret Publication?

Ed, As I read that IBM page, it appears to me that IBM technical disclosures published after 1998 are in effect secret publications. The only way they appear to be currently available is through a personal trip to the USPTO library. Is IBM trying to have it's cake (i.e. prevent others from patenting ideas it doesn't want to patent itself) and eat it too? (i.e. restrict access to it's publications to the extent that they are still largely secret)--Nowa 09:42, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

It seems they are also "available for a fee through Research Disclosure, published by Emsworth Design, Inc., (...)" (http://www.researchdisclosure.com/), so they are not that secret... Under EPO Boards of Appeal case law at least, if a document is available to anyone through a fee, it is generally considered prior art. But the burden to access the disclosure may indeed be higher... --Edcolins 09:56, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. I'll have to look into them further when I have more time. I'd like to see who else besides IBM routinely makes defensive publications.--Nowa 15:55, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

The entire IBM TDB from the late 1950's to date can be found ...

I removed this:

"The entire IBM TDB from the late 1950's to date can be found at www.ip.com"

Please be more precise. Where can it be found on the web site? Is it freely accessible? Thanks. --Edcolins 20:59, 21 November 2006 (UTC)