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Patents need to be renewed when the entity that owns them no longer exists (e.g. acquired). If they are not renewed, then they expire and become public domain.
by craftyguy 9y ago
Patents need to be renewed when the entity that owns them no longer exists (e.g. acquired). If they are not renewed, then they expire and become public domain.
- ribosometronome 9y agoTebahpla, Inc -- a small company with 3 employees a gross yearly income of ~450k files for a patent and gets it granted for 20 years. Tebahpla then licenses that patent only to Google, for 20 years, for $10 a year.
- craftyguy 9y agodamn, this is going to be harder than I thought.