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What stops W3W legal team shutting down this ohe like they did to the other open source implementation?
by sixhobbits 4y ago
What stops W3W legal team shutting down this ohe like they did to the other open source implementation?
- netsyms 4y agoHi, I'm the guy who made FixPhrase. Their (100% invalid anyways) patent has a convoluted process to convert coordinates to/from words. FixPhrase just takes the coordinates, chops them up into four smaller numbers, then uses those numbers to look up the words in the corresponding (numbered) list. W3W doesn't have a patent on looking up words by array index.
- 1970-01-01 4y agoI would also like to know why this isn't considered patent infringement. https://patents.justia.com/assignee/what3words-limited https://patents.justia.com/assignee/what3words-limited --- I've poked around the website. They claim an "open-source, patent-free algorithm" is used, and therefore the entire concept doesn't infringe on W3W's patents. Yikes. They can expect letters and lawyers. https://source.netsyms.com/Netsyms/fixphrase.com/wiki/How-It-Works https://source.netsyms.com/Netsyms/fixphrase.com/wiki/How-It...
- teraflop 4y agoThe fact that W3W managed to get their patent issued is pretty hilarious in light of this: https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/13629/i-had-invented-and-published-before-this-patent-application-how-do-i-get-it-in https://patents.stackexchange.com/questions/13629/i-had-inve...