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minus-squareICCrawler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 months agoIANAL but somehow I get the feeling that entering those industries as a new guy would be a real pain in the ass at the patent office.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 months agoJust commenting that you said IANAL and “pain in the ass” and I’m still laughing
minus-squarefogelmensch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoThey might not be a lawyer, but they still know what they are talking about
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoPatents tend to last 20 years. Most major appliances probably don’t have any currently valid patents that are likely to get in the way unless you’re trying to make them “smart.”
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoIt’s more “whose patents will they inadventently end up using?”
IANAL but somehow I get the feeling that entering those industries as a new guy would be a real pain in the ass at the patent office.
Just commenting that you said IANAL and “pain in the ass” and I’m still laughing
They might not be a lawyer, but they still know what they are talking about
Patents tend to last 20 years. Most major appliances probably don’t have any currently valid patents that are likely to get in the way unless you’re trying to make them “smart.”
For what do they need a patent?
It’s more “whose patents will they inadventently end up using?”