When a small company is bullied out of attempting to patent its work, the internet is truly fucked. Thank you and goodnight.
@ianbetteridge Patent system itself is fucked up. Not sure penalising a small company while supporting the biggest offenders makes sense.
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@aral Yeah. Were it a valid patent (I think may have not been) it would have provided them defence against getting ripped off by Apple, etc -
@ianbetteridge The whole system is entirely stacked against small companies to begin with. Needs complete overhaul if not abandonment. -
@aral Totally agree about overhaul - and at the least enough knowledgable examiners to spot and stop poor patents.
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@aral@ianbetteridge Well there is the fact that the thing being patented is something you may expect as a project on a Comp Sci course -
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@ianbetteridge@aral No. I've seen the feature they want to patent. That feature is trivial with lots of prior art
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