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If your interests are against Google in the future, and importantly they find it is necessary to go after you, they will sue you upon using those layers. For m
by tanilama 7y ago
If your interests are against Google in the future, and importantly they find it is necessary to go after you, they will sue you upon using those layers.
For most people it probably doesnt matter. Other big techs need to take notice
- dynamite-ready 7y agoIt feels like there should be a change in international IP laws to address patents as wide as this. I mean, in this case, even without expert analysis, I feel these network layer patterns can quite easily be likened to the widely used Gang of Four design patterns, or perhaps other concepts that have a highly technical basis. Like lenses, for example. More precisely, network layer pattern descriptions surely lie in the class of a fact or discovery - https://www.prv.se/en/patents/applying-for-a-patent/before-the-application/what-cannot-be-patented/ https://www.prv.se/en/patents/applying-for-a-patent/before-t... - which should make the claim close to unenforceable at any level. Unless the patent we're discussing covers a very specific implementation, which is uniquely efficient.
- m0zg 7y ago>> Other big techs need to take notice Megacorps have nothing to worry about. They have enormous patent war chests and routinely violate each other's patents without even thinking twice. Engineers at such companies (including Google) are discouraged from even looking at patents, ever, not to mention deliberately researching anything patent related.
- psds2 7y agoCorrect. At my Fortune 100 tech companies engineers are told to not look up patents, and asked to generate two patents a year at my level just to keep the war chest full.