How do we know that users aren't lying about their uploads?

[slifty]

What protections do we have in place to ensure that users are not uploading fake information to the Prior Art archive (e.g. publication dates that are earlier than an actual publication, etc)?

[reefdog]

Something alluded to in #28 is a verification process for new registrants/organizations. Perhaps if we allow open registration, we at least have a "verified" process that adds a verified badge next to things uploaded by manually-verified orgs.

[metasj]

Authorship date and reported-publication date are not legally significant (though links to a public database record like a DOI can be, a future feature). This Archive generates a new [prior art publication date] on upload.

[slifty]

@metasj we should discuss -- in our conversation with Philip the original publication date sounded like a very important feature for patent officers who are trying to filter results.

[wendylow1]

At the meeting, we discussed there should be a Disclaimer to cover legal liability against fraud. Do we currently have a Disclaimer where new user need to accept upon sign-up?