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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by Schwolop on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @07:25AM (#18120511)
I see yours and raise you this: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070244837

"System and method for extracting value from a portfolio of assets" - a.k.a. The process of being a patent troll is patented.

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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by lisper on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @08:07AM (#18120729)
As an experiment I once applied for and received a patent on a faster-than-light communications system:

https://patents.google.com/patent/US7126691B2/en

The patent system is FUBAR.

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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by saalweachter on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @09:43AM (#18121539)
And if anyone builds an FTL communication system based on your design, your rights will be protected.
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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by lisper on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:27PM (#18123133)
Yeah, but only for the next four years so they better hurry it up.
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Re:Vigilante engineer stops Waymo from patenting key lidar t... by anticensor on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @11:27AM (#18122566)
https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170213291A1

He patented automated patent troll. Unfortunately, this will not hold in court.

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