Does Drawing on Experience Infringe on Other's IP?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday June 25, 2002 @08:39AM from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

Daniel Paull asks: "I recently asked one of our developers to draw up a design for a specific component. After a few hours he returns telling me that he'd solved a very similar problem a previous place of employment and that they had developed a "neat" solution. The developer then became concerned that a ground-up re-implementation of these design patterns and principals may infringe on the other companies intellectual property or breach some copyright laws. This developer is talented and experienced - that's why we hired him. The question is, at what point does 'drawing on experience' cross the line and invade others IP?"

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Re:Simple by The+Cat · 2002-06-25 08:45 · Score: 0, Redundant

It's breaking the law when the lawyers say it is.

rofl

Come on. Businesses couldn't get through Monday's breakfast if this were true.

It's breaking the law when a JUDGE or a JURY or a LEGISLATURE says it is.