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Has it any chance of standing in court ? I mean it's as close to patent for idea as it gets. I hope there will be movement of not buying things manufactured by companies filling silly patents. I feel it's my duty to ignore this company after reading it.



I feel it's my duty to ignore this company after reading it

That's nice, but you haven't any understanding of what a patent actually is. It is not an idea, any more than the title of a book is a story. It is an implementation. In the case of Qama, the clever bit is scaling the estimation tolerance with the difficulty of the calculation.

It seems that maths isn't the only area that needs education.


No, this is pretty far from a patent for a general idea. I mean, how much more specifically do you think they could describe the method, and would it really add anything in your estimation?


I mean it's as close to patent for idea as it gets.

Patents are intended to be for inventions, and this feels like it qualifies.


The patents I find offensive are the ones held by companies that aren't producing any products, much less a product similar to what's described in a given patent.




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