Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the public domain

Re:Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the publ... by bingoboingo33 on Sunday June 10, 2018 @11:28AM (#17278542)

The only solution to put an end to the current patent system is to overload it. The equivalent of a DDos attack. Companies should file as many frivolous patent as they possibly can. Eventually, we'll have all the IP lawyers at 100% CPU and the world will be a much better place.

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Re:Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the publ... by evrydayhustling on Sunday June 10, 2018 @12:17PM (#17278785)

100% CPU -> 100% billable hours -> IP law is now an incredibly attractive profession -> more capacity for patents / lawsuits... and that's essentially how we got here.

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Re:Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the publ... by freedomben on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:33PM (#17279143)

Exactly. They'll scale up horizontally by adding more and more instances until supply == demand, at which case we'll be really, really sad we followed this road.

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Re:Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the publ... by wereHamster on Sunday June 10, 2018 @12:31PM (#17278836)

Then we all stop at the same time, the market collapses and IP lawyers go extinct.

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Re:Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the publ... by Covzire on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:18PM (#17279053)

You'll have better luck herding cats.

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