Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoA new PlayStation controller patent showcases a controller with no physical buttonspatentscope.wipo.intexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkA new PlayStation controller patent showcases a controller with no physical buttonspatentscope.wipo.intHal-5700X@sh.itjust.works to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square41linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days agoAnd generally speaking, the point of a patent is…?
minus-squareGoodeye8@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·15 days 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-up2·15 days agoTo license the idea to other people who want to do something with it?
It’s only a patent
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?