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		jordigh on July 10, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Case Against Patents (2013) I always mention the Michael Jackson smooth criminal patent. Is it easy to reverse-engineer? I don't know, it seems obvious once you see what it is, but it seems awfully clever if you don't know about it. A lot of people seem to believe that it would involve electromagnets, but the actual invention is more low-tech.

matz1 on July 10, 2018 | [–]

Maybe it was hard back in the days but nowadays good luck trying to keep it secret.

beefield on July 10, 2018 | [–]

And how much our world would be a worse place if that innovation

1. Was kept secret 2. Had not been made in the first place?

(I had the key word "significant" on purpose)

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