Adinnieken on 23 May 2013
| TripleMMM said: Sony patent a lock-on feature already concerned me... They said they won't use it, but why patent such a thing in the first place? O.o |
Because if you come up with a solution to a problem, which you may need in the future, you'd be wise to patent it because if one day you need a solution, and all the better ones are patented, then at least you have the one you came up with to fall back on. You don't always patent for today, but smart companies always patent new ideas. Whether they're going into a current product or not. You can always improve a patent, but you can never go back and patent an idea you had that someone else patented.
