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Re: copyright of orbital elements?
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Posted by M. Arthur Auslander on November 08, 1999 at 05:17:18:
In Reply to: copyright of orbital elements? posted by K Wright on November 06, 1999 at 13:07:07:
: According to the Minor Planet Center, collections : of orbital elements are copyrighted , whereas the : individual orbital elements are not. This distinction : is consistent with the usual ruling that it is the : form of a publication that is copyrightable, not : the information actually contained in the publication. Do you all agree that an astronomical discovery is not intellectual property. I do not think that anyone would have any objection to educational or scientific use of there discovery, but what about the company that is using this information to fly a space probe to an asteroid and claim it a their corporate property ? : Is a astronomical discovery intellectual property? : I do not think that anyone would have any objection : to educational or scientific use of their discovery, : but what about the company that is using this : information to fly a space probe to an asteroid and : claim it a their corporate property ? Knowledge may be "intellectual property" in legal sense. The protection is specific to the situtation. The information can be protected as a trade secret if it is secret. If it is not a copyright only protects the mode of expression. Patents can cover what is new, useful and unobvious. M. Arthur Auslander E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive ELAINE's Workshop (sm): Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com
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