Posted by Brendon-KS on September 13, 2014 at 05:23:42 from (63.245.147.52):
In Reply to: Tractor tool patent posted by Heyseed on September 12, 2014 at 22:44:39:
I work for a major OEM and we deal with patents both ways - obtaining them when deemed appropriate and working to circumvent them when we want to do something similar to what is already patented. You generally cannot patent just a concept or idea; what is claimed needs to be specific. However, unless the patent is quite "revolutionary" it doesn't take a whole lot of work to make minor tweaks to your design to get around all the claims. If you do patent something you also need to have the wherewithal to challenge any infringement in court which can be very costly. The patent needs to be returning enough profit to you to merit maintaining and enforcing it. It is the patent holder's responsibility to go after infringements; nobody else will do it for you.
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