Used to be called patent trolling, but now that all the big corporations that own the politicians deciding patent law are doing it, it’s considered “prudent business practice”
IBM alone files more patents that they’ll never use (except for lawsuits in case someone else does something useful with something similar) in a year than most companies file IN TOTAL for several decades.
How? In this specific case it’s about brand identity, so I don’t think anyone else would make BMW-shaped screws. But in general, how is “I had this idea, I don’t want to make it, but want to stop others from making it” good?
how is “I had this idea, I don’t want to make it, but want to stop others from making it” good?
It isn’t under ANY circumstances and to think so without being the patent trolling asshole yourself is some Stockholm syndrome level simping for the overlords.
Patenting things you don’t have intention of actually doing, “just in case”, is just shit tbh.
Used to be called patent trolling, but now that all the big corporations that own the politicians deciding patent law are doing it, it’s considered “prudent business practice”
IBM alone files more patents that they’ll never use (except for lawsuits in case someone else does something useful with something similar) in a year than most companies file IN TOTAL for several decades.
That is such fucking bullshit.
Please elaborate.
Bad phrasing, that they do that is such fucking bullshit, that’s fucked. Fuck IBM is what I was saying.
It can prevent others from doing it, which can be a net good.
How? In this specific case it’s about brand identity, so I don’t think anyone else would make BMW-shaped screws. But in general, how is “I had this idea, I don’t want to make it, but want to stop others from making it” good?
It isn’t under ANY circumstances and to think so without being the patent trolling asshole yourself is some Stockholm syndrome level simping for the overlords.
Design patents only last 15 years max. Unless they intend to use it, its just purely a publicity stunt.
It’s likely that they filled this as a utility patent which would last 20 years.
No, there is no way for that to be a net good. That is brainwashed propaganda shit.