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With anyone who thinks there is any grounds on this any kinda lawsuit. I honestly disagree. They (google) try to employ smart people (as any company should do)
by ivthreadp110 10y ago
With anyone who thinks there is any grounds on this any kinda lawsuit.
I honestly disagree. They (google) try to employ smart people (as any company should do), they pull from creative areas- have you honestly never thought you invented something only to find out that someone else came up with the idea earlier?
I swear that I invented the Jet Ski when I was like 8 years old- like motorcycle but boat... I drew up designed on graph paper etc- mine had a glass shield though, but also used thermodynamic for propulsion (initial versions used a prop).
Jet skis or whatever were around years before I came up with that. I was just a kid. Still though- a stolen idea or just something that other people as smart as you might also independently come up with is a grey area. And the flaw in patent law in the US. To insist on generalizing such as shape of controller or magnets vs. the purpose of real innovation to make an arms race for getting money back on it... I all it all BS In the modern age. Just MIT open source it if you have the guts to.
I am speaking to the general you. Sorry for my long winded jet-ski example. I totally invented that before it was a thing (at least to child self).
- dsl 10y agoI think the difference is you didn't have closed door meetings with the inventor of the jet ski and almost enter into a licensing deal to build jet skis.
- Steko 10y agoThis isn't a patent troll and this isn't Google independently inventing something. This is Google meeting with the company, getting closed door access to their tech and then deciding to copy large parts of their product. We can argue whether that should be legal in all/many/this case(s) but it's nothing like your jet ski example.
- endgame 10y agoSounds like doublespace/stacker all over again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_Electronics#Microsoft_lawsuit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_Electronics#Microsoft_law...