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I'm willing to bet they began the process of patenting the design prior to putting videos of it on the internet.
by Zikes 13y ago
I'm willing to bet they began the process of patenting the design prior to putting videos of it on the internet.
- corresation 13y agoEven if they did, applying for a patent doesn't indicate that you have a valid patent, nor does it provide any protection whatsoever for patents that came before.
- Zikes 13y agoThe implication was that as part of the patent application process, one would normally seek out prior art.
- dublinben 13y agoAs others have pointed out in this thread, existing products already use this mechanism. It would be very difficult to patent something that was very obviously invented already.