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I had this idea in 2003 and have the Internet archive Wayback machine link to prove it: http://web.archive.org/web/20030706235741/http://gadgeteer.o...

I did this as a defensive publication for just such a case http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_publication




I love that you did that. What I would love even more is a project where people just post descriptions of ideas, publicly, so that a year or two down the line, patents can be blocked. What a service to the world: force companies to only get patents on TRULY innovative, non-obvious stuff, whilst the rest of the startup scene can take these admittedly obvious features and focus on executing them damn well without the fear of patent litigation.




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