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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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