Re: [ontology-summit] Hackathon: BACnet Ontology

[Simon Spero <sesuncedu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Peter R. Benson <Peter.Benson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Deborah, IP is a real issue. We designed the eOTD to try to resolve some of
these issues. In a dictionary the IP resides in the representation but also
in the identifiers or codes as these are always copyright.

That is not entirely clear;  see e.g.  SOUTHCO, INC v. KANEBRIDGE CORPORATION (

 http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/021243pe.pdf ), where part numbers were found to be not protected (but see also how Alito takes care to distinguish Delta Dental )

Simon

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