Re:How broken is the USPTO: How is this a patent
by wstrange on Sunday August 12, 2018 @06:15PM
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> Getting rid of patents will just lead to trade secrets getting lost
It is hard to keep a secret. Even the most closely guarded ones (the atom bomb, for instance) tend to eventually leak. That, and many devices can be reverse engineered.
It is hard to keep a secret. Even the most closely guarded ones (the atom bomb, for instance) tend to eventually leak. That, and many devices can be reverse engineered.