May2024 Update #1: note about recent formal work by cosmologists.
May2024 Update #2: note about a beautifully profound article by Ben Zweibelson, PhD.

This led to new Ideas to describe the topology of the universe.

Mobius Universe

I’ve been reviewing patenting matters; and being fascinated by all things New Space, got to speculating. Does patent enforceability define the edge of the known world? Of human civilization? How will the Court enforce patent rights off-Earth? Here’s the link to the full diagram [pdf link].

I’ve named the line of enforceability “Firenzian Enforceability Orbits” (FEO) = the halfway mark of a physical no-layover trip by counsel (or bailiff!). The FEO name is in honour of the City of Firenze, Tuscany, Italy; city descendant of the Florentine Republic: the first State to award the first recorded patent, granted to Filippo Brunelleschi, architect and engineer (1421).

Using current law, Duration will be 17years. But what about Locus of Origination (LOO)? Will LOO be 17years from an Earth court, or Launch pad, or Space Station? Will enforcement commence from the Court of the “local” planet, or will system-wide law prevail?

And what about Faster-than-Light (FTL) Enforceability? Imagine the legal conundrums of FTL paradoxicality! 

Thomas Aquinas wondered: “Can several angels be in the same place?” If angels are quantum beings, it seems that they could be. What about FTL Process Servers? (ha!).

** Some parties might call it FOMO.

This is an idea to speed up procurement by space agencies needing technologies for orbit:. Have a look at the proposal for US VA Combat PTSD Triage Care (for my medtech venture WarriorHealth CombatCare, “(c)”: https://davehuer.com/problem-solving-examples/free-reads/finance-trading-venturing/).

The model is US-focused because of pivot to US market. Recently, I noticed that the wait times endured by US veterans (in 2014) are much like the tendering challenges faced by orbital tech vendors. Perhaps there is something there to support rapid triage acquisition of new technologies? This is especially important for urgent re-supply of orbital allied missions managed the US Space Rapid Capabilities Office (Space RCO or SpRCO)