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> shitty quirk of the system Is it still considered a quirk when it's by design and it's the entire point of the system? If we're only talking about damages fo
by monochromatic 11y ago
> shitty quirk of the system
Is it still considered a quirk when it's by design and it's the entire point of the system? If we're only talking about damages for when designs are copied (instead of independently developed), we're basically talking about trade secret misappropriation.
- coldpie 11y agoThere is no evidence that Square viewed and copied this dude's "novel invention".
- URSpider94 11y agoYou're misreading parent's comment. What s/he is saying is that if someone flat-out copied your design, then that would presumably be trade secret appropriation. Patents are SUPPOSED to cover the case where someone else invents the same thing in parallel, independently. You might not like it, but that's a legal fact. Clearly, you have a different moral opinion of when someone should be able to enforce their patent rights.
- monochromatic 11y agoYes, thank you for putting that more clearly than I did.