• Grass@sh.itjust.works
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    17 days ago

    can they even patent that? its already a thing that made it to production on at least one brand that sells in north america and another two or more in china

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      17 days ago

      I was gonna say, pretty sure I’ve seen something like this on Amazon already, except from some weird Chinese company.

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      16 days ago

      can they even patent that?

      What “that”? They can patent a specific technical solution that is unique to their product, not the idea per se.