tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6786542492266289258..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Book Review: The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Outer Space ActivitiesVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-72492447925102467652017-05-09T13:31:09.908+01:002017-05-09T13:31:09.908+01:00The link to the Bilbao conference seems to have di...The link to the Bilbao conference seems to have disappeared somewhere in cyberspace or outerspace. Possibly both. Here it is: <br />http://www.technarte.org/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-chance-to-create-an-artwork-in-zero-gravity/<br /><br />AKAmalyah Keshethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05038106105904137744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-11384093553729270092017-05-09T13:24:44.858+01:002017-05-09T13:24:44.858+01:00Possibly the first consideration of the legal issu...Possibly the first consideration of the legal issues relating to the patenting of space technology was published circa 1960 as a short story in "Astounding Science Fiction" entitled "The Lagging Profession". Its author was "Leonard Lockhart", the nom-de-plume of a US Patent Attorney, and was one of a series of IP-related stories by him that the magazine published in the late 1950's - early 1960's. The story describes a visit by the real Arthur C.Clarke to the fictional patent attorney's office with a view to patenting his real invention of the geostationary communications satellite. The attorney was very enthusiastic until Clarke showed him a copy of the (real) October 1945 issue of "Wireless World" in which the technical requirements for launching a geostationary satellite had been worked out in great detail. <br /> <br />After some reflection, the attorney regretfully informed him that, not only was the "Wireless World" disclosure sufficiently complete as to prevent the grant of a patent had one been filed then (1960), but also that, had he applied for a patent in 1945, under US law (as it was at the time the article was written), his patent would have been invalid for lack of an enabling disclosure, as at that time the technology to launch a satellite into orbit did not exist. The fact that it was pretty certain that the technology would be developed in due course, was irrelevant. Moreover, even if he had been able to get a patent in 1945, its term would probably have expired before the technology to implement it was developed. <br />Ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-79401373740909203572017-05-09T12:25:10.128+01:002017-05-09T12:25:10.128+01:00Thank you so much for bringing this book to our at...Thank you so much for bringing this book to our attention. Sounds like a riveting read (for a law book!). These issues are facsinating, and add a new perspective to more mundane issues of user rights, artistic freedom, and freedom of access to cultural heritage here on earth. And the concept of jurisdiction. BTW: <br /><br />“A phone call from NASA to the digital artist Eyal Gever … gave rise to #LAUGH, a collaborative art project whose objective has been to produce the first work of art using a 3D printer in zero gravity at the International Space Station. Through the programme “Made in Space”, NASA aims to make human habitation in space possible in the near future, developing additive manufacturing technology in space to speed up space development and the ability of humans through these technologies. … To create artwork in space requires thinking in a universal way, without references to any specific culture or country… In the new edition of International Art and Technology Conferences which will take place in the Bizkaia Aretoa Building in Bilbao on 11th and 12th May 2017, some 14 international artists will be joining Eyal Gever to demonstrate the present and future potential of fusing Art, Science and Technology.” <br />‘What would you do if you had the chance to create an artwork in zero gravity?” <br /><br />Surely you or one of the Kats could hop over to Bilbao day after tomorrow, and give us a report?<br /><br />Amalyah KeshetAmalyah Keshethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05038106105904137744noreply@blogger.com