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Yes, but how do we know specific manufacturing processes weren’t in employee contracts like, “If you leave Apple you can’t utilize the invisible weld process in
by bellowsgulch 3mo ago
Yes, but how do we know specific manufacturing processes weren’t in employee contracts like, “If you leave Apple you can’t utilize the invisible weld process invented here for the iMac.”
I mean regardless of whether it’s a trade secret, you’re going to know how to do specific things that can’t be protected against copying.
There are no practical laws against understanding the laws of physics, chemistry, and metallurgy when it comes to anodizing.
- JumpCrisscross 3mo ago> There are no practical laws against understanding the laws of physics, chemistry, and metallurgy Except there are. It’s why clean-room design [1] is a thing. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-room_design https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean-room_design
- bellowsgulch 3mo agoClean-room design isn’t a thing in manufacturing.
- JumpCrisscross 3mo ago> Clean-room design isn’t a thing in manufacturing What are you basing this on? Source?!? I've personally done this in an aerospace context.
- bellowsgulch 3mo agoBy the time you’re sawzall’ing a design it’s not a clean room process.
- freejazz 3mo ago> There are no practical laws against understanding the laws of physics, chemistry, and metallurgy when it comes to anodizing And unsurprisingly, that's not what the lawsuit is over!