Re:Patents: how and why to get them
by jacques_chester on Sunday June 03, 2018 @04:44AM
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> perhaps you could elaborate on your reasons why your feelings are mixed after the process
My feelings are mostly that $50,000 is a lot of money, no matter how one slices it.
> but it's not an urban legend, it's real legal advice I heard from real lawyers.
What I was trying unsuccessfully to convey is that what a company might do as a legal tactic is not necessarily a legal necessity. I was a shitty law student before I dropped out of it, but I did learn that taking advice from people in a bar, or from Uncle Frank who heard it from TV, or HN for that matter, is a chancy business.
I generally agree that it is always worth knowing that lawyers specialise and that it's no crime to ask for a specialist.
My feelings are mostly that $50,000 is a lot of money, no matter how one slices it.
> but it's not an urban legend, it's real legal advice I heard from real lawyers.
What I was trying unsuccessfully to convey is that what a company might do as a legal tactic is not necessarily a legal necessity. I was a shitty law student before I dropped out of it, but I did learn that taking advice from people in a bar, or from Uncle Frank who heard it from TV, or HN for that matter, is a chancy business.
I generally agree that it is always worth knowing that lawyers specialise and that it's no crime to ask for a specialist.