Re:Ask HN: Patents
by sonink on Monday August 11, 2008 @03:17AM
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Just make something useful.
Forget about patents. Patent pending refers to a provisional application and is not legally enforceable. Essentially, anyone can get a 'patent pending' on anything.
Patents are important only if you have enough money to either sue someone or if you have tons of money to interest someone to sue you. Assuming none of the above is true, and as someone commented above, cross this bridge when you come to it.
Forget about patents. Patent pending refers to a provisional application and is not legally enforceable. Essentially, anyone can get a 'patent pending' on anything.
Patents are important only if you have enough money to either sue someone or if you have tons of money to interest someone to sue you. Assuming none of the above is true, and as someone commented above, cross this bridge when you come to it.