BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agoZynga owes IBM $45M after using 1980s patented technology for hit gamesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkZynga owes IBM $45M after using 1980s patented technology for hit gamesarstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’m sure the patent made sense at the time, but it seems pretty generic now. Additionally, shouldn’t the patent have expired at this point? Why is it still being enforced?
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat was my thoughts. Patents normally expire after 20 years, so how is a patent from the 80s still valid after nearly 40?
minus-squaregencha@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIt expired recently https://patents.google.com/patent/US7072849B1/en
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoSo how is it that a patent from 1989 only expired in 2023?
minus-squarenotgold@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI not going to pretend I understand patents but it looks like IBM just asked for an extension and got it
I’m sure the patent made sense at the time, but it seems pretty generic now. Additionally, shouldn’t the patent have expired at this point? Why is it still being enforced?
That was my thoughts. Patents normally expire after 20 years, so how is a patent from the 80s still valid after nearly 40?
It expired recently https://patents.google.com/patent/US7072849B1/en
So how is it that a patent from 1989 only expired in 2023?
I not going to pretend I understand patents but it looks like IBM just asked for an extension and got it