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> I'm not sure that's an accurate description of the law. When I worked at Microsoft we were explicitly forbidden from looking at any software patents, Just To
by com2kid 4y ago
> I'm not sure that's an accurate description of the law.
When I worked at Microsoft we were explicitly forbidden from looking at any software patents, Just To Be Safe.
Kind of defeated the entire idea of patents being published to help improve innovation. Basically other company's patents were treated like poison that were to be avoided looked at at all cost.
- a9h74j 4y ago> we were explicitly forbidden from looking at any software patents I wonder if any companies suggest a filter to only look at expired patents. Such expired patents might more safely improve innovation -- eventually.
- com2kid 4y agoIf you read the history of patents during the industrial revolution, inventors would come up with incremental improvement after incremental improvement over existing patents. The system worked as designed. That feedback cycle is non-existent with software patents.