• PrefersAwkward@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think this would make it tough to enforce the patent if it’s actually commonly used. If I were somehow granted a patent on tap dancing, its common usage by others before me would probably cause my patent to be invalidated if I then tried to sue a tap dancer.

    Not a patent lawyer, but IIRC, US patent law had some protections for things (including non-patented) that are already common practice.

    EDIT: Clarity