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Presuming this is not just an urban legend, being granted a patent doesn't mean it's valid. No one who managed to get a patent on the wheel would be able make i
by jrmg 14y ago
Presuming this is not just an urban legend, being granted a patent doesn't mean it's valid. No one who managed to get a patent on the wheel would be able make it stand up in any court.
- tsahyt 14y agoSource: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn965-wheel-patented-in-australia.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn965-wheel-patented-in-... Seems legit. But you're right, it won't stand up in any court.
- gst 14y agoIt won't? Let's assume it comes to a Jury trial and we get another Jury that doesn't need to look at prior art. I don't mean that as a joke. If it's possible to trick a patent examiner by making complets so complicated that he doesn't understand them, why shouldn't it be possible to trick a Jury?
- politician 14y agoOne typically has to pay to seek remedy from a court.
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