▲ 76 ▼ EA opens up more patents for increasing Accessibility in gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com) submitted 2 years ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments Alternate headline: "EA did a good thing in latest attempt to get off naughty list"
[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) You can't patent something that already exists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] GorgeousDumpsterFire@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If the idea already existed EA wouldn't have been issued the patent. That's part of the process of obtaining the patent. Point is moot because the patent was issued. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 point 2 years ago My point is if they created something without patenting it, it is no longer possible for anyone to patent it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] echo64@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago these things often do not exist yet, hence the patent permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GorgeousDumpsterFire@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) If the idea already existed EA wouldn't have been issued the patent. That's part of the process of obtaining the patent. Point is moot because the patent was issued. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 point 2 years ago My point is if they created something without patenting it, it is no longer possible for anyone to patent it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 point 2 years ago My point is if they created something without patenting it, it is no longer possible for anyone to patent it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echo64@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago these things often do not exist yet, hence the patent permalink fedilink source parent