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Pushpak
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Yes, this sounds like it would be an infringement if you use any of the POST IT claims. A patent is on an invention, not the implementation of said invention.

Just a quick example, in case I'm misunderstanding your question, if you invented a four-legged table and got it patented, then I came and said "that four-legged table, but used as a chair instead," that would be an infringement.

The packaging is also irrelevant. That would be a copyright issue in all likelihood, perhaps trademark. But it doesn't impact the patent itself.

YouAnother alternative answer is NO if your invention is about package dispensing POST IT which i think you might be able to come up with a patentable improvement, but that's a different matterintending too. IN this case you should not use any of the POST IT product or claims.

Yes, this sounds like it would be an infringement. A patent is on an invention, not the implementation of said invention.

Just a quick example, in case I'm misunderstanding your question, if you invented a four-legged table and got it patented, then I came and said "that four-legged table, but used as a chair instead," that would be an infringement.

The packaging is also irrelevant. That would be a copyright issue in all likelihood, perhaps trademark. But it doesn't impact the patent itself.

You might be able to come up with a patentable improvement, but that's a different matter.

Yes, this sounds like it would be an infringement if you use any of the POST IT claims. A patent is on an invention, not the implementation of said invention.

Just a quick example, in case I'm misunderstanding your question, if you invented a four-legged table and got it patented, then I came and said "that four-legged table, but used as a chair instead," that would be an infringement.

The packaging is also irrelevant. That would be a copyright issue in all likelihood, perhaps trademark. But it doesn't impact the patent itself.

Another alternative answer is NO if your invention is about package dispensing POST IT which i think you might be intending too. IN this case you should not use any of the POST IT product or claims.

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Matthew Haugen
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Yes, this sounds like it would be an infringement. A patent is on an invention, not the implementation of said invention.

Just a quick example, in case I'm misunderstanding your question, if you invented a four-legged table and got it patented, then I came and said "that four-legged table, but used as a chair instead," that would be an infringement.

The packaging is also irrelevant. That would be a copyright issue in all likelihood, perhaps trademark. But it doesn't impact the patent itself.

You might be able to come up with a patentable improvement, but that's a different matter.