I was going to ask why they didn't just patent the thing. This is the physical world after all. Turns out they did, but the most important one expired in 2012

I was going to ask why they didn't just patent the thing. This is the physical world after all. Turns out they did, but the most important one expired in 2012. http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2012/11/28/the-k-cup-patent-is-dead-long-live-the-k-cup/ http://blogs.wsj.com/corporate-intelligence/2012/11/28/the-k...