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The parent did not say that Tinder created this, only patented it.
by stagger87 7y ago
The parent did not say that Tinder created this, only patented it.
- Reelin 7y agoPrior art (ie publicly published examples) invalidates patents, at least in the western world. To that end, if you invent something that you don't intend to patent you should publicly write about it if possible.
- stagger87 7y agoYou can always review the claims of the Tinder patent. I suspect the application of the "both people have to like" concept is applied differently. https://patents.google.com/patent/US9733811 https://patents.google.com/patent/US9733811
- sib 7y agoThe parent literally called it "Tinder’s big innovation"...