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There is no evidence that Square viewed and copied this dude's "novel invention".

• URSpider94 11y ago
  You'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 ago
    Yes, thank you for putting that more clearly than I did.