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Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview

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1798 points jerryX | 4 comments | 30 Nov 18 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.662s | source
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perfunctory ◴[30 Nov 18 08:50 UTC] No.18567692[source]▶
Patents must be abolished.

Recommended reading: https://www.amazon.com/Against-Intellectual-Monopoly-Michele...

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pbhjpbhj ◴[30 Nov 18 11:13 UTC] No.18568258[source]▶
And replaced with?

Industrial secrecy doesn't seem like a better system. Perhaps you'd like shorter term patents, or want to fix some other deficit?

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1. Joeri ◴[30 Nov 18 11:30 UTC] No.18568332[source]▶
In software it is well known that nobody reads patents who does the actual work in the field. Getting rid of them would not have a meaningful downside in the dissemination of information. Most people in the industry agree software patents are bad for the software industry and they should be abolished.

But, if that’s true for software, why isn’t it true for other fields? Simply put: what evidence is there patents are a benefit to society instead of a harm?

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2. dboreham ◴[30 Nov 18 12:19 UTC] No.18568547[source]▶
But...drug companies...
3. pbhjpbhj ◴[30 Nov 18 13:21 UTC] No.18568838[source]▶
We don't have software patents (as such! [lol]) in Europe.

Software is different, in that source and decompilation exist, you can't really keep it secret.

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4. pnw_hazor ◴[30 Nov 18 18:38 UTC] No.18571367[source]▶
EU has software patents. The same applications that are filed and issued in the US get filed and issued in the EU too.

Also, there is no such thing as a software patent.