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Database patents
If i create a database for a specific type of database structure, can I
patent and sell that database to other users, even if it still needs the MSAccess program to run it. |
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Hi Peps,
Sell? in principle, probably yes. If you get the "developer's" edition of your version of Access, you can even distribute a free run-time version of Access with your application. Patent? this is a different and much, much more complicated issue. On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 19:05:02 -0800, "Peps" wrote: If i create a database for a specific type of database structure, can I patent and sell that database to other users, even if it still needs the MSAccess program to run it. -- John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP] Please respond in the newgroup and not by email. |
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Peps wrote:
If i create a database for a specific type of database structure, can I patent and sell that database to other users, even if it still needs the MSAccess program to run it. Another option besides Patenting is Copyright - this gives you ownership of the database structure in that it becomes your intellectual property. I have done this with a spreadsheet which theoretically can be reproduced on a number of spreadsheet programs such as Excel, Lotus, QauttroPro etc. To start you can apply for a copyright number - then proceed from there. |
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