This looks strikingly similar to my 2017/20 patent:

https://kemendo.com/pdfs/USPatent10757400.pdf

Pretty much all my patents are being infringed at this point.

Lesson to anyone getting patents, they don’t matter unless you have $100M to fight Microsoft or oracle with. At that point might as well just keep your 100M and forget it

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vessenes 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When you file a patent the patent attorneys tell you how critical it is to do so.

When someone infringes a patent, especially if you’re not commercializing your patent, the patent attorneys tell you, “wow, that looks really tough.”

It’s a big company game at this point, in general, or you’d need something that drives an immense amount of value before the patenting seems worth it, as far as I can tell.

	▲	buellerbueller 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe we should get rid of patent protection. We already have enough welfare for megacorps, and this is just another form of it.

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airstrike an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

When I wanted to file a patent, the attorneys told me it was only good as my ability to enforce it, which really means how much money I have vs the other guy

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SapporoChris 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Did you file for a patent in Japan? Foreign countries are not bound by United States patents; U.S. patent rights only apply within the United States.

	▲	bluGill 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Most countries, including the Japan and the US, recognize a patent in another country for filing purposes. Which is to say, if you need to sue someone in Japan, yes you need a patent in Japan. However, you bring your US patent to the Japan Patent Office and they consider that as your file date and so you can sue for infringements that happen before your patent in Japan was issued. If this is actually useful for you, of course, you need a patent lawyer in the specific country you're talking about, which is not cheap, and that's why the other posters said millions of dollars. Patents are not worth it for most people because you still have to pay lawyers to get anything out of them. You also pay for your time in court, acting as witness and testifying and watching court proceedings instead of doing your own business.
	▲	AndrewKemendo 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Fair point

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intrasight 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I learned that lesson too. But I also learned that you get what you pay for in terms of the patent attorney's skill in crafting claims.