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There is almost no bar now. The USPTO is derelict, and an ignorant ruling allowed what was supposed to be illegal: software patents. Even worse is that Red sim
by ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
There is almost no bar now. The USPTO is derelict, and an ignorant ruling allowed what was supposed to be illegal: software patents.
Even worse is that Red simply ripped off JPEG2000 and got a patent on it.
The patent "system" has become a tool for exactly what it was supposed to prevent: the theft of people's work.
- goneri 4y agoThomas Edison Was a “Patent Troll” (2014) https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/thomas-edison-charles-goodyear-and-elias-howe-jr-were-patent-trolls.html https://slate.com/technology/2014/05/thomas-edison-charles-g...
- imtringued 4y agoThe only saving grace is the relatively short expiration of twenty years. if it was seventy years after the author's death progress would grind to a halt. IP expiration dates are a "brain plasticity" parameter in society. Higher values mean lower rates of change, too low values mean too high rates of change. Twenty years is a sweet spot.
- ShadowBanThis01 4y ago20 years is eternity in software. It may as well be forever.