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> It wasn't as if they were harassed to sell. Bumble founder disagreed. https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17141308/bumble-match-group-new-york-times-ad-lawsuit-ac
by langitbiru 5y ago
> It wasn't as if they were harassed to sell.
Bumble founder disagreed.
https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17141308/bumble-match-group-new-york-times-ad-lawsuit-acquisition https://www.vox.com/2018/3/20/17141308/bumble-match-group-ne...
From the article above:
"Match, which owns another popular dating app and Bumble competitor, Tinder, is suing Bumble for violating two patents and for allegedly stealing trade secrets.
It was a lawsuit made all the more intriguing considering Match wants to acquire Bumble;"
- swiley 5y agoSoftware patents should require the source of the implementation to be published. That's the whole idea behind patents in the first place.
- joycian 5y agoExactly, you give the government a way to replicate your insight, in return you get x years of monopoly. With the first part being non-existent (didn't inventors even have to supply physical prototypes etc.?) the patent system is easy to abuse.