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Because of the way US patents work, it really is a "We should file these so somebody else doesn't claim-jump them and put us in the position of defensively prov
by fixermark 8y ago
Because of the way US patents work, it really is a "We should file these so somebody else doesn't claim-jump them and put us in the position of defensively proving prior art" system.
As a deep-pocket company, Google can afford to file patents and has a track record of being responsible about them in the community. It makes about as much sense to be mad at DeepMind for not filing them.