top | item 45303432 (no title) maartin0 | 5 months ago Not completely related, but do you know if hardware kickstarters typically have any IP protection? I'm surprised there haven't been any cases of large companies creating patents for ideas from kickstarter at least that I've seen discuss order hn newest ssl-3|5 months ago One cannot (or at least, one is not supposed to be able to) patent someone else's invention. privatelypublic|5 months ago You theoretically have a year before you even have to apply- but patents are expressly "first to file." load replies (1)
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privatelypublic|5 months ago You theoretically have a year before you even have to apply- but patents are expressly "first to file." load replies (1)
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