BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agoZynga owes IBM $45M after using 1980s patented technology for hit gamesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkZynga owes IBM $45M after using 1980s patented technology for hit gamesarstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 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-up5·2 months agoIt expired recently https://patents.google.com/patent/US7072849B1/en
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSo how is it that a patent from 1989 only expired in 2023?
minus-squarenotgold@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI not going to pretend I understand patents but it looks like IBM just asked for an extension and got it
minus-squaregencha@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere is a period between filing a patent and actually receiving it. Maybe you’ve seen the phrase “patent pending” before. That likely plays a role here, if I read this right
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
There is a period between filing a patent and actually receiving it. Maybe you’ve seen the phrase “patent pending” before. That likely plays a role here, if I read this right