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think about the sentence you just said: "How can an old patent cause problems for DECADES when patents expire after only TWO DECADES?" :-)
by syngrog66 10y ago
think about the sentence you just said:
"How can an old patent cause problems for DECADES when patents expire after only TWO DECADES?"
:-)
- chc 10y agoYou need to capitalize "old" as well if you're looking for proper emphasis. Only new patents have decades left to do anything, while "old, disused, and forgotten" patents definitely don't, and may have only a few years left. Many of these creaky old patents you see people being brought to court for are so viciously pursued because the holder is about to lose the patent and needs to eke out as much money as possible right now. But thankfully, they can't do that with the same patent for decades.
- syngrog66 10y agogreat point! I did not consider that originally
- sgt101 10y agoOften it takes most of a decade for a patent to become relevant commercially - apart from design patents which are pretty much not patents as far as I can see...