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Re:Alphabet adds patent claim to Uber intellectual property ... by deelowe on Friday March 10, 2017 @11:41PM (#13844268)
There is/was laws about not fully disclosing everything when filing a patent. The whole point of the system (originally at least) was to encourage sharing ideas by granting inventors limited exclusivity. That said, I think some of the "best mode" of operation provisions were stripped recently.
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Re:Alphabet adds patent claim to Uber intellectual property ... by jacquesm on Friday March 10, 2017 @11:53PM (#13844300)
That's because they are so easy to get around anyway. Who says you even knew about that 'best mode' when you filed and without a compulsion to disclose later improvements the patent would stand.
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