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> Don't read on unless you are free to read patents, as usual. What does this mean? Why wouldn't someone be free to read patents?
by andreyf 14y ago
> Don't read on unless you are free to read patents, as usual.
What does this mean? Why wouldn't someone be free to read patents?
- kefka 14y agoThose who knowingly violate a known patent makes them responsible for treble damages. This applies much more in the realm of software, because of the idiocy of things like the XOR mouse patent, Amazon 1-Click, and many other obvious 'inventions' that aren't, but were provided patent protection.
- iand 14y agoYou need to prefix your statement with "In the USA" to give the right context.
- nuclear_eclipse 14y agoReading patents even remotely related to what you work on has the possibility of increasing the chances any patent infringement suit can be considered willful infringement, which carries a much stiffer range of penalties.