Microsoft patents drop-in split-screen

[Words Of Wisdom]

Mendicate Bias said:

ymeaga1n said:

Brute force came out in 2003. I don't understand what you mean. Patents aren't always handed out to the first company to us the technology. If a company can prove that it was using the technology before it was patented to another company, the patent will not hold up in court.

But seeing how I don't remember any ps2 games or with such technology in before MS did in 2003. Why wouldn't it hold?....FreeTalkLive that questions for you.

That is completely wrong. It doesn't matter who comes up with the technology first, it matters who patents it first. For example coca-cola have not patented their formula because no one can figure out how to duplicate it. However if someone does figure out the formula for coke then coka-cola can no longer produce coke in the same method they do today. The reason they haven't pattented the coke formula is because after a set amount of time (20 years I think?) the original patent is made available to the public so that anyone can recreate the product. Since no one can figure out the formula for coke, coca-cola has no need to patent it and give away their formula after however many years.

Just thought I'd give you a little lesson on patents. So basically the point of my entire post is try to figure out the formula to coke and become a multi-billionare over night :)

For someone giving a lesson on patents, you're fairly ignorant of the matter. 

Please research "first-to-file" versus "first-to-invent" before your next post in this thread or any other on this topic.