News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by cobbzilla on Friday June 15, 2018 @12:11PM (#17320872)
I just stole your idea.

theft != crime

Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by alfredallan1 on Saturday June 16, 2018 @12:49AM (#17325910)
As much I hate to admit it, I have no proof that it was infact my idea. So there’s not a damn thing I can do about it :(

But, if I had in fact patented a practical implementation of my abstract idea, or my idea itself was about a practical implementation of a thing and it was patented, and you stole it, we’d have loads of fun doing a tango dance at the local courthouse. Assuming of course that I could afford the lawyer to dance on my behalf, considering my terrible dancing skills.

Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by abiox on Friday June 15, 2018 @01:01PM (#17321383)
> I just stole your idea.

i feel like this may be a category error; it's not clear that "idea" is something which can "be stolen".

at least not in a way that seems similar to (for example) having your car stolen.

Re:Fitbit employees charged with stealing trade secrets from... by cobbzilla on Friday June 15, 2018 @11:36PM (#17325673)
subtlety, a lost, and now down-voted, art.