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Sorry, I thought it would be obvious. My point was that when you sell something, you have no idea what it will be used for, period. If you're uncomfortable wit
by kmiroslav 10y ago
Sorry, I thought it would be obvious.
My point was that when you sell something, you have no idea what it will be used for, period. If you're uncomfortable with this idea, don't sell the item in the first place.
Saying "I filed my patent but how could I possibly guess what my employer would do with it?" is a baffling defense to me.
- CamperBob2 10y agoYou have to go back to the early 1990s, back before patent trolling was really a big concern. The writing was on the wall but nobody was reading. Today I think the "land mine" metaphor is an almost perfect way to describe patents, but I certainly didn't think that way back then, and neither did most people. Filing patents was just something you did if you worked for a Real Company, and a nice feather in your cap as a junior-level engineer. That's the part I may not have stated clearly enough. This isn't exactly something that happened last week.