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Good rule of thumb for any tech development (including startups) - if you're working on an idea, someone else is also working on exactly that idea. Of course,
by JacobAldridge 16y ago
Good rule of thumb for any tech development (including startups) - if you're working on an idea, someone else is also working on exactly that idea.
Of course, that won't be true in many cases. The patent is there for the times that it is.
- zeteo 16y agoThat doesn't matter if the technology is very unlikely to be commercialized within the lifetime of a patent, does it? Even if the other party takes the time and expense to file the patent, you both still end up with zero.
- jrockway 16y agoA legal framework for invalidating other people's independent discoveries? Sounds like a great idea.
- JacobAldridge 16y ago"Ay, there's the rub" - Hamlet Act III Scene i
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