http://madisonian.net/2006/08/29/a-phosita-for-copyright/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:59:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://madisonian.net/2006/08/29/a-phosita-for-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-72665 Josh Sarnoff Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:34:24 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=770#comment-72665 Actually, it's PHOSITATWSSMP,"person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains," which clearly distinguishes that person from the PHOSITATWSSMDNP. 35 U.S.C. section 103(a). To quote Howard T. Markey, "Why Not the Statute"? 65 J. Pat. Off. Soc'y 331, 331 (1983). But once we're in the business of cutting it down, the acronym police have not yet established clear principles and a phosita is as good as a posita, per mile. Actually, it’s PHOSITATWSSMP,”person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains,” which clearly distinguishes that person from the PHOSITATWSSMDNP. 35 U.S.C. section 103(a). To quote Howard T. Markey, “Why Not the Statute”? 65 J. Pat. Off. Soc’y 331, 331 (1983). But once we’re in the business of cutting it down, the acronym police have not yet established clear principles and a phosita is as good as a posita, per mile.

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