Barbecue Cowboy

Patents are frequently intentionally as vague as possible. You’re operating from the perspective that an item is patented to protect an idea as opposed to being weaponized to make money. You are for sure 100% going to be doing something where it’s arguable that it could fall under an existing patent. You might still win if you want to pay to fight it out in court.

I think they’re saying that proof you researched patents could be used to prove that you willfully violated a patent or could be used as evidence that your work that you may see as unrelated was inspired by something patented.

It’s real easy to fake the data here, focus entirely on agency spend and completely ignore any savings the agencies themselves may have been responsible for. That can be hard to quantify anyways. They’ll do that and right wing media will eat it up.

It’ll be allowed, but they’ve just got to make sure only the “right people” get counted.