File sharing methods and systems
CA 2600777 C · Owner: Strickland, Mark · Inventors: Strickland, Mark
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The present invention provides methods and systems for legally sharing files in a peer-to-peer network on the internet in a manner that compensates the content owners, artists, authors and/or programmers and the like. Methods of , the present invention may include incentive programs which allow users to , earn credits that may be redeemable for later file downloads and/or for merchandise at an online store or other compensation.
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- Filed March 1, 2006 and granted May 19, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 1, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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