simple@lemm.ee to LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agoI will NOT protect your company secrets. Also you should hire me.gcdnb.pbrd.coexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkI will NOT protect your company secrets. Also you should hire me.gcdnb.pbrd.cosimple@lemm.ee to LinkedinLunatics@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
NDAs just get in the way man, I want to be able to just leak all sorts of company secrets without any nagging from HR.
minus-squaretabarnaski@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·11 months agoGotta live the “ideas are cheap” stance when you know how much money some patents can be worth.
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 months agoYeah, but there’s a substantial number of people arguing that patents are over-issued, over-broad, and protection probably lasts too long - especially for software patents. See the Apple/Samsung “scroll bounce” litigation.
minus-squareBizarroland@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoHowever, that implies that you have a patent and getting a patent costs between $5000 and $10,000 if you’re lucky and it’s a simple patent.
Gotta live the “ideas are cheap” stance when you know how much money some patents can be worth.
Yeah, but there’s a substantial number of people arguing that patents are over-issued, over-broad, and protection probably lasts too long - especially for software patents.
See the Apple/Samsung “scroll bounce” litigation.
However, that implies that you have a patent and getting a patent costs between $5000 and $10,000 if you’re lucky and it’s a simple patent.