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Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview

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1798 points jerryX | 6 comments | 30 Nov 18 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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titanomachy ◴[30 Nov 18 08:07 UTC] No.18567534[source]▶
On a certain level, it makes sense. Google wants to patent it to cover their bases and make sure no one else does the same thing and blocks them. It's a rational move in a shitty game.
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1. hajderr ◴[30 Nov 18 08:21 UTC] No.18567579[source]▶
"Rational move". Think about that for a second. Morally wrong doesn't really reach anyone's mind these days.
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2. sobani ◴[30 Nov 18 08:32 UTC] No.18567614[source]▶
Morals don't count for a whole lot if a patent trolls are also players in the game.
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3. jackvalentine ◴[30 Nov 18 08:40 UTC] No.18567647[source]▶
Morals always count. They wouldn’t be morals if you didn’t have to sometimes to work against rational self interest to stick to them.

And google of all companies have the resources to swat away patent lawsuits with so much prior art.

4. seangrant ◴[30 Nov 18 08:41 UTC] No.18567653[source]▶
How would it look if someone else got the patent and completely blocked Google? It's not even a question for large companies. The issue is this archaic patent and copyright system where someone "owns" an idea... Absurd.
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5. bsaul ◴[30 Nov 18 09:06 UTC] No.18567763[source]▶
This type of argument doesn’t stand here. Since the truth is that there is prior art, and the right thing to do is to make sure nobody got the patent, google could have make sure nobody get the patent.

Ironically that’s what they ended up doing, but i doubt it was on purpose.

6. EugeneOZ ◴[30 Nov 18 09:40 UTC] No.18567898[source]▶
It's not their work for starters.