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So many people on sites like this hate patents and trademarks, but I have seen patents used in two ways: * In slapfights between huge companies that don't real
by pclmulqdq 2y ago
So many people on sites like this hate patents and trademarks, but I have seen patents used in two ways:
* In slapfights between huge companies that don't really matter.
* To protect startups from copying.
These things literally exist to protect startups.
- marcosdumay 2y agoI have never seen anybody succeed on that second usage, and I've seen a few people try. Patents protect the party with the most money to spend.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoYou have almost certainly seen that mechanism in action, even though you don't realize it. The most visible way that it works is through the sale of those patents to patent trolls (usually after the company has nothing left) and the resulting big-money lawsuits against big corporations that ripped them off.
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