←back to thread

Google Tried to Patent My Work After a Job Interview

(patentpandas.org)
1798 points jerryX | 1 comments | 30 Nov 18 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
Show context
perfunctory ◴[30 Nov 18 08:50 UTC] No.18567692[source]▶
Patents must be abolished.

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

replies(1): >>18568258 #
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?

replies(2): >>18568332 #>>18569267 #
1. PurpleBoxDragon ◴[30 Nov 18 14:22 UTC] No.18569267[source]▶
>And replaced with?

Nothing. Industry secrets is a far better model than giving major corporations access to government power that they can use to crush smaller competition, sometimes for work that they stole from the smaller competition.