The 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

The 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.