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I once designed an app to later realize that I was infringing dozens of patents I never knew existed before. Go and read a dozen patents, then come back and te
by miguelrochefort 9y ago
I once designed an app to later realize that I was infringing dozens of patents I never knew existed before.
Go and read a dozen patents, then come back and tell me they're not obvious. Most of them are ridiculously obvious, assuming you have some understanding of their given field/domain.
- ferbivore 9y agoI was always told not to read patents. If it can be proven you're aware of a patent prior to releasing something that infringes it, you get hit with extra penalties. See [1] and [2]. [1]: http://www.dresan.com/blog/2011/04/05/i-dont-read-patents/ http://www.dresan.com/blog/2011/04/05/i-dont-read-patents/ [2]: http://endsoftpatents.org/2010/03/transcript-tridgell-patents/#do-read http://endsoftpatents.org/2010/03/transcript-tridgell-patent...
- PatentTroll 9y agoThat was definitely true around the time your links were written, 2010-2011 or so. A few things have shifted in the application of treble damages and some new avenues for avoiding prolonged patent battles that have prodded many to come around on that way of thinking. Still, some entities choose to be willfully ignorant. But in my opinion, it's better to know what's out there