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Here I thought patents applied to physical products or manufacturing techniques, not services. So, theoretically, if someone had a patent for "transporting goods or people from one location to another, geographically different location", they could pretty much sue every driver? What I find strangest about this is that they bought this technology off the shelf, using it for its intended (only) purpose.


> Here I thought patents applied to physical products or manufacturing techniques, not services.

Nothing wrong with patenting a method.

> So, theoretically, if someone had a patent for "transporting goods or people from one location to another, geographically different location", they could pretty much sue every driver?

You might have a prior art problem...




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