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CrowdIPR brings IP search services to the masses
- icebraining 15y agoWe recently did a study with an Estonian university which had an early-stage IT development idea. Our community was able to find a patent from 2010 that somebody else had developed, describing exactly the same thing they’d been planning to develop. As a result, they could avoid wasting resources and instead build on the existing knowledge that was out there. And avoid a potential lawsuit.” Of course, if the patent holder had been unwilling to license it for a reasonable price, the university is now guilty of willful infringement if they try to develop it themselves, even if they don't actually build on the existing patent.