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Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview

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1798 points jerryX | 2 comments | 30 Nov 18 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.507s | source
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zawerf ◴[30 Nov 18 06:41 UTC] No.18567231[source]▶
She worded that way too diplomatically.

What google did here is one of the evilest things you can do.

They are taking open research and trying to close it off. Research that they didn't even contribute to! Research that they didn't need patent rights for because it's already free for them to use. But they can't allow anyone after them to have the same privilege can they?

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1. wnkrshm ◴[30 Nov 18 11:05 UTC] No.18568218[source]▶
How many patents the group or each employee gets awarded per year is probably one of their employee metrics (as in one application per X months). It's not surprising that someone would grab at low hanging fruit or develop unethical methods like that to fulfill performance requirements. It's probably not the first time the group did that.
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2. api ◴[30 Nov 18 15:21 UTC] No.18569680[source]▶
"You get what you incentivize..."