I just saw a headline about Ford patenting a system to eavesdrop on passengers conversations to serve them related ads. If I had patented that before, could I stop it from being used?

  • blackbelt352@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s… not how eminent domain works…? Like it’s scope only applied to stuff like building sidewalks, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure.

    • Ellia Plissken@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      yeah, I didn’t feel like going around to dig up the technical term. everybody knows what I meant, which is why I said it that way.

      • blackbelt352@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        If you’re not going to take the effort type “can a government use patents” into Google and look at the top link. It took me less than a minute to find that government using a patent is just baked into the patent system. There’s not additional law around it. So it might be better to go the WD 40 route and never actually file a patent to the formula to avoid sharing the formula publicly.