Don't create a product using Physical Modeling unless,
you can create an algorithm that won't infringe the afore mentioned patents.
If the wheel had been patented and you came up with a better wheel 
where a characteristic or functionality is improved, then it might be
okay. Look at the actual patent documents and find out how yours differs.
If there is a component that similar or same, you need to"cite" what 
called "prior art". If you don't, is the engineering/inventor's 
equivalent of "plagarism".

And in such things as this, it's good to consult a patent attoney before 
implementing something like this.

- Partev
Good hunting.

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--- joseph.sanger@virgin.net wrote:

From: Joseph Sanger 
To: csound@lists.bath.ac.uk
Subject: [Csnd] maybe OT - patents etc
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:55:36 +0900

Hello there list,

I've recently discovered the joys of physical modeling and waveguide 
synthesis thanks to the csound book etc. (about 15 years late, I know!). 
When I search for PM on the internet I get a lot of results about the 
fact that Physical Modeling is still under patent.

I presume that I don't have to worry about this for making music using 
csound, and it is only if I were to make a piece of commercial hardware 
or software that I would be infringing patent...? Can anyone clarify 
this? It seems a slightly muddy issue! (Plus I don't want to spend the 
next three weeks getting a virtual drum to work if I'm not allowed to 
use it!)

Many thanks in advance for any advice,

Joe


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On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:34:03 -0700
" Partev Barr Sarkissian"  wrote:

> Don't create a product using Physical Modeling unless,
> you can create an algorithm that won't infringe the afore mentioned patents.

fortunately, algorithm patents do not apply on europe




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Aha! That's interesting.

I'm a Brit living in Japan. I wonder how that applies to me!

Joe

nikos roussos wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:34:03 -0700
> " Partev Barr Sarkissian"  wrote:
> 
>> Don't create a product using Physical Modeling unless,
>> you can create an algorithm that won't infringe the afore mentioned patents.
> 
> fortunately, algorithm patents do not apply on europe
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> nikos roussos
> [ http://autoverse.net/ ]
> 
> 
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