Re:Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting person...
by itronitron on Sunday June 24, 2018 @09:01PM
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The beauty of this approach is that patents expire after ~15-20 years so it is basically just guaranteeing that everything will be free and clear soon.
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Re:Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting person...
by maym86 on Sunday June 24, 2018 @11:18PM
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For technology that is obselete in 5 years.
Re:Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting person...
by itronitron on Monday June 25, 2018 @12:49AM
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certain implementations will become obsolete, but once the concept is patented and the patent expires it can be re-implemented by anyone, forever. If you don't want to wait the five years, there is an astonishing amount of prior art from the 1960's to 1990's that can be applied.
Re:Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting person...
by sametmax on Monday June 25, 2018 @02:10AM
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No they will just patent a soight variation again and again to have ground to sue. Even if they loose (but given their lawyer power they may even win), you gona bleed so much cash you won't be be able to compete anyway.