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Re:On the use of a life (2020) by pixl97 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @12:27AM (#31984310)
If you sell widgets for big bucks and someone invents a nearly free widget replacement that could interfere with your primary income.
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Re:On the use of a life (2020) by XorNot on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @03:22AM (#31985333)
Point to one example of this happening. Since patent ownership is by definition public information, it should be easy to find an example. I'll wait.
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Re:On the use of a life (2020) by cratermoon on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @12:39PM (#31990466)
The forerunners of ExxonMobil patented technologies for electric cars and low emissions vehicles as early as 1963 [1]

1. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/20/oil-company...

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