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Working Around Patents with Evolutionary Design

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the survival-of-the-most-original dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Using computational trial-and-error allowed a Stanford team to come up with a patent-free WiFi antenna. Patent rules are tricky to formulate as self-interest dictates that the claim is as general as possible. Patent fences effectively can build a substantive competitive barrier to markets. Using evolutionary tactics may be a way to legally and ethically bypass these roadblocks."

2 of 121 comments (clear)

  1. Ob by Edie+O'Teditor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Intelligent design loses out yet again.

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    If X is the new Y, and Y is "X is the new Y", solve for X.
  2. Re:That's great! by Kamineko · · Score: 3, Funny

    In that case, I will create a patent circumvention method patent circumvention method and place it in the public domain.