Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoA new PlayStation controller patent showcases a controller with no physical buttonspatentscope.wipo.intexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkA new PlayStation controller patent showcases a controller with no physical buttonspatentscope.wipo.intHal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAnd generally speaking, the point of a patent is…?
minus-squareGoodeye8@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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?