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Authored by: ionic on Wednesday, May 23 2012 @ 02:08 PM EDT |
They would if it was part of a "file the most ridiculous patent"
competition...[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 23 2012 @ 02:40 PM EDT |
The comment supposes an answer. But in reality there are likely many reasons.
Maybe you like having your name on a patent. Maybe your employer requests it,
for their patent war portfolio. Maybe it is the ridiculous patent contest going
on in the workplace.
A friend of mine submitted a patent to the corp patents attorneys as a joke. It
was basically a bobbin like you have in a sewing machine, but used in electronic
equipment for a different purpose. It got submitted and approved, much to his
amusement.
Dave M.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Why patent? - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 23 2012 @ 03:22 PM EDT
- Why patent? - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 23 2012 @ 04:24 PM EDT
- Why patent? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 24 2012 @ 04:21 AM EDT
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, May 23 2012 @ 06:21 PM EDT |
The fact is that if you patented an idea that was not
obvious and that had specificity, then you could wait for
ever and nobody would infringe, which means you can't make
lots of money suing people.
On the other hand, the more obvious and over-broad a patent
you are granted, the more people will independently think of
the same idea and inadvertently infringe, and the more money
you can make out of it.
Pretty obvious really.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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