http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=182776&cid=15106987


Don't let them get away with such a crass generalisation. A protocol can not be patented because it is not an invention; it can not be copyrighted because it is not a creative or artistic work; it can not be a trade secret because it is disclosed when software implementing the protocol is given to someone else; and it is impossible to trademark because it's not a ... trade mark.

Putting aside the French attempt to create a new form of Intellectual property (the DRM right), is there any other form of IP I have missed?