about patent

[mapple]

so here's the deal.

My understanding of patent was like i made up sth write it down and it was blocked for 20/25 years. Now patent ends but i'm still able to "lock down patent" for myself cause hell why not since i was the one to create that stuff ......... since i was clearly wrong due to mass production about new cherry clones coming so what the f**k went wrong? i mean ibm sold patent to unicomp and it's working so why cherry couldn't do it?

[jabar]

Patents are applied on a per-country basis. Enforcing patents internationally is very difficult, especially when technology is copied in places like China.

[dorkvader]

so here's the deal.

My understanding of patent was like i made up sth write it down and it was blocked for 20/25 years. Now patent ends but i'm still able to "lock down patent" for myself cause hell why not since i was the one to create that stuff ......... since i was clearly wrong due to mass production about new cherry clones coming so what the f**k went wrong? i mean ibm sold patent to unicomp and it's working so why cherry couldn't do it?

MX was patented in 1983. It's been more than 20 years, so no longer under patent.

[mapple]

so here's the deal.

My understanding of patent was like i made up sth write it down and it was blocked for 20/25 years. Now patent ends but i'm still able to "lock down patent" for myself cause hell why not since i was the one to create that stuff ......... since i was clearly wrong due to mass production about new cherry clones coming so what the f**k went wrong? i mean ibm sold patent to unicomp and it's working so why cherry couldn't do it?

MX was patented in 1983. It's been more than 20 years, so no longer under patent.

yeah but that was exactly what i was reffering to. I mean after patent time is over isn't that like owners choice to pay first to stretch that time? or to pay and lock it again for another 20 years?  Cause then again how come only unicomp is only company which can make buckling spring? i'm more than sure that buckling spring patent is long time done...

[davkol]

Perhaps no one else is interested in BS... or the tooling isn't cheap...?

[Puddsy]

Perhaps no one else is interested in BS... or the tooling isn't cheap...?

Unicomp owns the patents

EDIT: I'm a fool. They own the rights to the tooling, not the patents.

[jacobolus]

I mean after patent time is over isn't that like owners choice to pay first to stretch that time? or to pay and lock it again for another 20 years?

No.

Cause then again how come only unicomp is only company which can make buckling spring? i'm more than sure that buckling spring patent is long time done...

Because they have tooling to make Model M keyboards, and no other company thinks it’s worth investing millions of dollars in R&D and factories to produce a keyboard that serves only a niche market already well served by Unicomp (not to mention the large number of used Model Ms which typically sell for <$30 on ebay).

[Internet Friend]

IANAL but my understanding is the only patents that can be extended are ones that require federal approval before being marketed i.e. pharmaceuticals, and then only up to five years beyond the initial expiration.

[jacobolus]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_patent_in_the_United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_patent