Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoA new PlayStation controller patent showcases a controller with no physical buttonspatentscope.wipo.intAquileo | external-linkAquileo | message-square37Aquileo | linkAquileo | fedilinkAquileo | arrow-up186Aquileo | arrow-down11Aquileo | file-text
Aquileo | arrow-up185Aquileo | arrow-down1Aquileo | external-linkA new PlayStation controller patent showcases a controller with no physical buttonspatentscope.wipo.intHal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAquileo | message-square37Aquileo | linkAquileo | fedilinkAquileo | file-text
Aquileo | minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.caAquileo | linkAquileo | fedilinkEnglishAquileo | arrow-up4·23 hours agoAnd generally speaking, the point of a patent is…?
Aquileo | minus-squareGoodeye8@piefed.socialAquileo | linkAquileo | fedilinkEnglishAquileo | arrow-up8·21 hours agoStifle innovation? A patent doesn’t mean anything will be made. But it does mean anyone except the patent owner won’t be making the patented thing.
Aquileo | minus-squaresmegAquileo | linkAquileo | fedilinkEnglishAquileo | arrow-up3·23 hours agoTo license the idea to other people who want to do something with it?
And generally speaking, the point of a patent is…?
Stifle innovation? A patent doesn’t mean anything will be made. But it does mean anyone except the patent owner won’t be making the patented thing.
To license the idea to other people who want to do something with it?