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Ford Patents A Way To Bring Ads Inside Your Car (insideevs.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Good Guy Ford patents the worst possible technology so no other automaker can use it, and then never implements it themselves.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's what I was going to ask, should people start patenting things in order to prevent companies from using them?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Getting patent is fucking expensive, also it is afaik region-limited. You can get your patent for say EU, you need lawyers and lot of money for that, and if you would like to extend that to US, you need new lawyers and more money.

So it is out of realm of what's possible for normal person.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not that expensive in the US. A few hundred is typical, and you don't need a lawyer (though spending the money on one up front will save you from spending more when you screw it up the first few times).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's not that expensive in the US. A few hundred

Ok, that's less than what I would have expected, but still more than what most people want to invest into something that's basically a joke.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Feasible for a non-profit however

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Don't you need working prototype to get a patent? Otherwise musk or bezos or another for-profit asshole could patent every known scifi gimmick, wait until someone actually invents it and then send him a bill...?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

If a prototype is requires, only people with wealth could afford to produce a working prototype without revealing their invention to investors and without risk of the idea being stolen...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Google says no, you don't need one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I think you can sue to invalidate a patent in that situation