De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds

Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by jerf on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @11:02AM (#17188213)

But again, that will only hold for some bizarre new shape. Anything using existing techniques and any cuts you can't plausibly claim copyright on will still be fine, and that's going to be almost everything.

If de Beers wants to patent and copyright some bizarre foamy cut of a diamond that does some exotic thing, that's fine, but it's not going to be "a diamond ring" as most people think of them.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by chc on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @12:19PM (#17188994)

I don't know, lots of things that shouldn't be patentable seem to somehow become patentable when you say the magic words "using a computer." Maybe de Beers' legal team will come up with some gemstone equivalent.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:De Beers admits defeat over man-made diamonds by d0lph on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:46AM (#17196679)

But, on the other hand just because you can get a patent, doesn't mean it can't be challenged.

[ Parent | on HN ]