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You are allowed to file patents that are novel extensions of an existing patent. You might not be able to use it because of the original patent, but you can abs
by jacques_chester 7y ago
You are allowed to file patents that are novel extensions of an existing patent. You might not be able to use it because of the original patent, but you can absolutely file one.
- deogeo 7y ago> You might not be able to use it because of the original patent, but you can absolutely file one. That is precisely my point.
- jacques_chester 7y agoYour argument was that it's "impossible" to improve the state of the art due to existing patents. I explained that it's possible. Are we agreeing or have I missed something?
- deogeo 7y agoMy argument was that while you can improve the state of the art, rarely do software patents incentivize you to do so.
- jacques_chester 7y agoWhy don't they?