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  Any designers here hold patents? Was it worth it? Did it earn any money directly or indirectly?

  I have some ideas for utility patents but

  a) usually safe to assume that if I have an idea, many other people already had that idea
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  b) I can’t see a path to get companies to implement the design and pay licensing fees

  Tell me your patent stories.

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  • A lawyer friend told me, even with a patent you will need money for a trial to defend your right. In Canada is around 250k the trialSalarrue
  • UI too easy to copy, can't enforce copyrights
    IBM, Meta, Google, Samsung, etc. hold patents for even the most basic components of UI like carousels
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  • They look something like this:
    
    https://patents.goog…
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  • ooof! lemme tell you a story about a shoebox thread you can find somewhere in the bowels of this site... J/Kjonny_quest_lives
  • Oh yeah that shoebox. Ha! That was an idea without real value, though....
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  • he had a utility patent though so it is somewhat relevant i just don't want to bump the thread... the sleeper must not awakenjonny_quest_lives

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