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ok got a website idea- it does not exist
i know the content of the website is automatically copyrighted
but website content means pics and text right

it does not mean the way or method something is done does it

why am i asking
i have a site idea my idea is monster.com but with a few twists to make something more efficient ghe twists come after someone would search for something
BUT
on the bottom of monster.com there is a patent # i did a patent search and the result was the way they use thier database 2 tables blah blah blah

can i use the same method for tables again my idea is after the search done with the 2 tables

i dont think i can but jobing.com and 50 other job web sites do the same fregin thing so can i

can i make 3 tables and then my thing @ the end?

i have a prime site but i do not want monster to steal it

helpppp

Answer 1

Read dhvrm's answer to your nearly identical question here:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Atv1XM8a7bpb6p0YPpz9JBFy7hR.?qid=20070312190300AAB4dn5

Answer 2

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a patentee (the inventor or assignee) for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which is new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable.

The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most countries is the right to prevent or exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell or importing the claimed invention. The rights given to the patentee do not include the right to make, use, or sell the invention themselves. The patentee may have to comply with other laws and regulations to make use of the claimed invention. So, for example, a pharmaceutical company may obtain a patent on a new drug but will be unable to market the drug without regulatory approval, or an inventor may patent an improvement to a particular type of laser, but be unable to make or sell the new design without a license from the owner of an earlier broader patent covering lasers of that type.

The term "patent" originates from the Latin word patere which means "to lay open" (i.e., make available for public inspection) and the term letters patent, which originally denoted royal decrees granting exclusive rights to certain individuals or businesses.

Answer 3

At the end of the day , No one can copyright the way someone acesses data from a database.

just because monster said we will get data like:
select jobs FROM avail_jobs SORTBY name;

doesnt mean you cant.

That is the only way you can get jobs from a table called avail_jobs and sort by name, If need be change teh names slightly.


They seem to be grabbing at straws.