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If it had happened to me I would be really mad, but it hasn't happened to me, so I can talk about how I feel about this in an unbiased way. And I feel like thi
by tocotun1 10y ago
If it had happened to me I would be really mad, but it hasn't happened to me, so I can talk about how I feel about this in an unbiased way.
And I feel like this: I'm happy to see that a product that has no actual value (a retractile stick) is produced at a very cheap price. If only the "inventor of the retractile stick" had the rights to produce it, he'd do it at a very inflated price. Now he can't, and everybody (except him) wins.
(All of this assuming he would be granted a patent on a retractile stick, which I very much doubt)
- quickben 10y agoWell, that's a fair point. On a side note, the current pattent system needs combing. There are so many junk previous-art patents that one has to wonder how they got granted.
- sqeaky 10y agoHe is only a loser because he had an unreasonable goal: "I want hundreds of thousands of pounds/dollars, for a showerthought and to control the production of an easily copyable device with mere pennies of raw materials in it" If he had a reasonable goal like "I want a bunch of retractable selfie sticks" then he would be a winner too. He has lost nothing and now can buy selfie sticks for $10. Why doesn't buy a bunch and put his logo on them and resell them for $30?