• @dustyData@lemmy.world
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    18 months ago

    Patents genuinely are wonderful. The rockstar devs are going to be rewarded for their innovation. They will hire out licenses so that other games can use the tech they developed.

    Comment by you, about 5 hours ago.

    they are trying to out Marxist each other

    Fuck off corpo.

    • @Mchugho@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I said they're wonderful, not that they're perfect. Clearly you need to work on your reading comprehension. The alternative is giant corporations stealing everybody's ideas without anybody trying to stop them in any way.

      Fuck off corpo.

      Cringe. One day you'll have to grow up and get a real job. Then you'll look back at how embarrassingly assured you were of having the answers to everything after real life smacks you in the face and makes you realise you don't know shit.

        • @Mchugho@lemmy.world
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          -28 months ago

          Go on then. How do we replace the patent system whilst still acknowledging mental effort and research as being valued forms of work? Tell me all about it mate, I'm interested in your ideas as you're so convinced it's all a big con.

          • @dustyData@lemmy.world
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            48 months ago

            Now you're all riled up and acting stupid. You are the oh so claimed expert who works at patents offices. No, you tell me what does your majestic and awesome field of expertise do to prevent corporate abuse and patent trolling? Tell me, evangelize to me, convince me that the patent system has safeguards to prevent theft of intellectual work, how does patent enforcing works? what do you do, that you work there, to make it a more ethical field? what are the practices and procedures in place to avoid a corporation from using patents to monopolize, bully industries and stifle creativity and innovation?

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              8 months ago

              So you don't have an answer. Thought not.

              I've protected people who have been attempted to be bullied by a larger company into ceasing production of a product. That's literally my job.

              Patent attorneys are a highly regulated profession which have to adhere to strict ethical standards and rigorous training in the law. I serve the interests of my clients. It doesn't matter if you're a large or small enterprise, the law is interpreted exactly the same throughout the process.

              I would suggest reducing official fees to make it easier to purchase a patent, but that just reduces the quality of examination. In reality there is a balance to be struck between affordable patents and quality of patents which isn't always struck correctly. I would advocate for government funded organisations that provide pro bono legal support for small enterprises as a way to make the system a little fairer. In the US they have a tiered system which makes patents cheaper for smaller companies, which is also something I think that should be adopted as standard.

              Overall there is no simple solution. Life is complicated and messy and anybody who claims it isn't is and that there are simple solutions to very layered societal problems are snake oil salesmen with an agenda.