Nemeski@mander.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agoValve wins legal battle against patent troll Rothschild and associated companieswww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1625arrow-down14 cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up1621arrow-down1external-linkValve wins legal battle against patent troll Rothschild and associated companieswww.gamingonlinux.comNemeski@mander.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square61fedilink cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squareforrgott@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up87·8 days agoYeah, the fact such a nonspecific patent was granted in the first place shows pretty clearly there’s something wrong with the system!
minus-squareEmi@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 days agoAt that point you could just patent breathing.
minus-squarequpada@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up33·8 days ago“Method and apparatus for insufflation of oxygen into a body by means of flexible permeable membrane”
minus-squareforrgott@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoSuch poetic justice, though, ain’t it? I guess they must’ve thought Valve was easy, low hanging fruit? But of a mistake, if so. Just a little one, mind you!
Yeah, the fact such a nonspecific patent was granted in the first place shows pretty clearly there’s something wrong with the system!
At that point you could just patent breathing.
“Method and apparatus for insufflation of oxygen into a body by means of flexible permeable membrane”
Such poetic justice, though, ain’t it? I guess they must’ve thought Valve was easy, low hanging fruit? But of a mistake, if so. Just a little one, mind you!
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