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> By the time we hit a similar number of years, those patents will be expired and Uber will be allowed to use the designs. Bullshit. The IP is still legally o
by braveo 9y ago
> By the time we hit a similar number of years, those patents will be expired and Uber will be allowed to use the designs.
Bullshit.
The IP is still legally owned by someone else, and they're suing based up on that IP, not just because. The age of the code or technology doesn't enter into it.
- Dylan16807 9y agoPatents expire.
- braveo 9y agoright, that's MY point. You call it old code, I call it code that's currently covered by IP law, the rest doesn't matter. Atleast we agree now, the age of the code is irrelevant.
- Dylan16807 9y agoThe age is why patents expire. I think the copyright on code should be as short as patents. Nice and simple. Law is hard to do right. Some parts do good and some parts don't. The first few years of code copyright do good. As far as I know the rest of those years don't.
- braveo 9y agoThe age isn't relevant, what's relevant is whether the patent/copyright currently exists and who holds said patent/copyright. And before you continue with this silly argument about age, copyright and patents can be invalidated 2 days after the claim is made. The law doesn't ask how old they are, the law asks if the copyright/patent is still in effect. You want it to be about the age because you're pushing an agenda, but the law doesn't care about age. Google isn't going after Uber on the basis of the tech being new, they're going after Uber on the basis of their existing intellectual property.