BrikoXM to [email protected]English • 2 days agoZynga owes IBM $45M after using 1980s patented technology for hit gamesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkZynga owes IBM $45M after using 1980s patented technology for hit gamesarstechnica.comBrikoXM to [email protected]English • 2 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 day agoThat was my thoughts. Patents normally expire after 20 years, so how is a patent from the 80s still valid after nearly 40?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 day agoIt expired recently https://patents.google.com/patent/US7072849B1/en
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 day agoSo how is it that a patent from 1989 only expired in 2023?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 day agoI not going to pretend I understand patents but it looks like IBM just asked for an extension and got it
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