Mchugho
@Mchugho@lemmy.world
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
They also test for obviousness mate.
If you think you can do better than a patent office examiner get on it because they’re extremely well paid.
Or maybe you could stop and draw a line under what you think is correct. Have you ever considered the possibility that actually you haven’t got the first clue how to properly analyse a patent because it’s a profession that requires extensive training and eye to detail?
I know on the internet it’s fun to pretend you actually know everything because everything is a Google search away but to even properly contextualise and separate good patents and bad patents isn’t a skill you can just pick up in 5 minutes to win an argument.
- Comment on How in the hell 1 year ago:
Was it the vorblarons? I’ve heard they speak in opposite English, so you have to listen to the reverse of what they say.
- Comment on How in the hell 1 year ago:
Don’t patronise me.
- Comment on How in the hell 1 year ago:
He’s not wrong and has never lied in his life. In fact he took a vow of truth in Tibet.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
You’ve not even began to do it properly but kudos for trying.
- Comment on How in the hell 1 year ago:
You’re trying to argue there isn’t anything inherently nasty about cleaning up literal human shit clogs. What is even the point in engaging with you in good faith? I’d rather take the piss out of your frankly ridiculous position.
- Comment on How in the hell 1 year ago:
Everybody loves cleaning up other people’s poop. In a communist society here would be people queuing around the block to volunteer for that job instead of being an artist or a rock star. Everybody will just do things for fun and be shiny happy people.
- Comment on How in the hell 1 year ago:
Well my mum’s boyfriends cousin is a sewer clearer and he says it’s terrible and smells like shit and everybody who says otherwise is lying. Who do we believe?
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
You’ve not even referenced the claims of the patent, which I actually what is protected. It’s already extremely likely the examiner has flagged these up and more and passed it as allowable after a thorough novelty search. Lots of things are sort of like other invention but what they actually do lies outside of the claim scope.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
If it was something you already did prior to filing and you could prove it then their case would be extremely flimsy, but I do understand where you come from.
It really depends on jurisdiction, in the UK it’s not possible to even patent software. In Europe it I, but regulations are strict. The US patent law is a little bit wonky in this regard.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
So you don’t have an answer. Thought not.
I’ve protected people who have been attempted to be bullied by a larger company into ceasing production of a product. That’s literally my job.
Patent attorneys are a highly regulated profession which have to adhere to strict ethical standards and rigorous training in the law. I serve the interests of my clients. It doesn’t matter if you’re a large or small enterprise, the law is interpreted exactly the same throughout the process.
I would suggest reducing official fees to make it easier to purchase a patent, but that just reduces the quality of examination. In reality there is a balance to be struck between affordable patents and quality of patents which isn’t always struck correctly. I would advocate for government funded organisations that provide pro bono legal support for small enterprises as a way to make the system a little fairer. In the US they have a tiered system which makes patents cheaper for smaller companies, which is also something I think that should be adopted as standard.
Overall there is no simple solution. Life is complicated and messy and anybody who claims it isn’t is and there are simple solutions to very real, layered societal problems are snake oil salesmen with an agenda.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
They would only be able to get away with this if it had already been determined that they did indeed invent that thing. Many choose not to fight cease and desists when it would be in their best interest to counter claim.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
You can’t grant a patent for something that is already in the public domain at the time of filing, regardless of whether or not that thing is currently patent protected.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
Go on then. How do we replace the patent system whilst still acknowledging mental effort and research as being valued forms of work? Tell me all about it mate, I’m interested in your ideas as you’re so convinced it’s all a big con.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
I said they’re wonderful, not that they’re perfect. Clearly you need to work on your reading comprehension. The alternative is giant corporations stealing everybody’s ideas without anybody trying to stop them in any way.
Fuck off corpo.
Cringe. One day you’ll have to grow up and get a real job. Then you’ll look back at how embarrassingly assured you were of having the answers to everything when real life smacks you in the face and makes you realise you don’t know shit.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
Everyone in this thread is downvoting me because they are trying to out Marxist each other. I have never one claimed the patent system is perfect, but the people in this thread clearly don’t actually understand what is required to even receive a patent.
It’s typical, people know what systems they are against but never know what they are actually for. People say patents re unfair but never propose viable alternatives. The political analysis on Lemmy is frankly juvenile and utopic.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
Not worth it mate. People will find all kinds of post hoc ways to justify the fact that they want to use the tech that others have developed for free.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
Maybe so, but nearly everybody in this thread is irritatingly wrong on how intellectual property works as a concept and in practice.
It’s only when you read internet comments on something you actually specialise in that you realise the average commenter is woefully misinformed.
Regardless, if R* decide not to license the tech that is their prerogative as they created it.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
It’s a daily curse.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
Novelty is assessed against all publicly disclosed prior art, not just the stuff that has been patented.
If I publish content on a webpage that could be used as prior art later on assessing novelty
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
I work in patents. If it wasn’t novel it wouldn’t be granted, believe me.
My experience with clients has led me to never trust lay people’s judgements on what is or is not novel.
Feel free to actually read the examiner’s comments in this patent application for an actually full understanding of he process
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
Open source software is different due to informed consent. When working on an OS project you are doing it out of altruism and/or fun, fully realising that you will never be compensated for this work. That doesn’t mean software devs should never be paid and work for free indefinitely on anything they do. Its still a skill that should be compensated for.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
It’s called working in the field and having a direct understanding of how patents protect people every single day.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
I wish people who base their entire knowledge of intellectual property on video games would just stop attempting to have opinions on things they don’t really understand.
If you think it’s fine to have a world in which people aren’t protected for their fruits of their labour, then by all means advocate against IP. I would rather live in a world in which people are actually paid for the ideas they come up with and don’t have to excessively keep corporate secrets.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
There is literally a 1:1 correlation between protecting IP and R&D and innovation. Start ups that patent their ideas are genuinely more successful. You’re naive if you think IP only helps protect large companie.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
As someone who is in the field of intellectual property, Lemmy’s views on IP boil down to “I attended Marxism 101 and want to pirate games”. Most here don’t have a clue how much time, effort and money is spent on innovation. They couldn’t even begin to fathom why protecting intellectual property helps people actually helps people get paid for their work, which is ironic as they are all for people being rewarded for their actual labour.
- Comment on GTA 6 has patented a new locomotion system to make "highly dynamic and realistic animations" 1 year ago:
Patents genuinely are wonderful. The rockstar devs are going to be rewarded for their innovation.
- Comment on Half of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey finds 1 year ago:
We were never taught about the cold war or Vietnam at my school.
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- Comment on BBC News - King Charles III new coin designs revealed 1 year ago:
Can’t buy weed with card now can I?