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For a patent you need to make claim of what is new part of the design and legal wording could be hard and you may need to pay agencies for that.
It must also not be any algorithm/implementation known in public domain or anything that is too obvious to be regarded as new.
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That is exactly my point.
How can I know if my code/algorithm is not that obvious, so that protecting it would be worth it.
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Best is to physically protect it yourself e.g. through encrypted netlist.
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What do you mean by 'encrypted netlist'? I've never heard of it before.
Can you provide examples/references for further investigation?
Thank you all for your answers,
Refael.
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