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Law says must be NON obvious
by j-bos 2mo ago
Law says must be NON obvious
- CodesInChaos 2mo agoThe patent office applies a much lower "non-obviousness" threshold than how a technical person would interpret that word.
- speedgoose 2mo agoIt’s old memories from the engineering school in Europe but I remember that a patent office is about collecting fees and documents, and won’t do any actual checks on the patents validities. Whether a patent is valid is tested in court.
- pbhjpbhj 2mo agoSome countries don't examine patents for validity, some don't search prior art but leave it to the applicant. But plenty of countries do check for validity - including USA.
- speedgoose 2mo agoInteresting. They obviously don’t check very well if they do.