• OfCourseNot@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    The concept of a smart ring shouldn’t be patentable, and maybe it isn’t im not sure. IP laws are really broken, all laws are but I think IP even more so.

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      4 days ago

      Exactly, should apple be allowed to patent a phone with a rectangular touch screen. A basic broad idea like this shouldn’t be something that’s allowed to be patented

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        4 days ago

        I’ve patented the color blue. Anyone who wants to use blue will have to pay me royalties.

        Anyone remember the vantablack bs?

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          4 days ago

          Vantablack is a specific chemical product, not a color. If you can get something just as black via a different process they can’t do anything.