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Re:LibreCellular by vincnetas on Monday June 21, 2021 @12:31PM (#27580789)
I assume patents will expire eventually. It will be nice to be prepared when they do.
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Re:LibreCellular by sethhochberg on Monday June 21, 2021 @01:23PM (#27581332)
A potential problem with this waiting period is that usable RF spectrum is routinely repurposed (called refarming) from legacy use cases to newer technologies. By the time your patent around a particular kind of radio is expired, the spectrum itself might be nearing the end of its lifetime for that purpose.
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Re:LibreCellular by diegocg on Monday June 21, 2021 @02:25PM (#27582118)
When they expire they will no longer be useful. You will need new patents to operate 100G networks.
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