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TrinaryWorksToo
on March 20, 2017
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The last patent on AC-3 (Dolby Digital) expires at...
I was advised never to read patents when inventing something. What's so useful about a system that's supposed to help people innovate when it's so questionable to use that lawyers are advising against it?
mark-r
on March 20, 2017
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Lawyers advise against it because damages go way up if the patent owner can show you knew about the infringing patent. A very perverse outcome.
TrinaryWorksToo
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So doesn't that ultimately sabotage the idea that it brings information to the masses faster, if no one can act upon it?
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