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Yeah, that's an interesting case then. Without knowing the idea it is hard to say. The key question (IMHO) is whether a patent on this would be in the interest
by linuxhansl 14y ago
Yeah, that's an interesting case then.
Without knowing the idea it is hard to say.
The key question (IMHO) is whether a patent on this would be in the interest of society as a whole. I.e. would you still try to make the idea work even if there was no patent? Or would you not even try to development anything around this because of the fear of somebody stealing your idea and making money with it?
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- ericHosick 14y agoInitially, if I did not have some kind of IP protection, I would not have taken any risk of going forward with it. I would have chosen something a lot less risky. However, after the fact, it really doesn't make much difference. Now, I would rather have the IP protection to assure openness and standards.