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Ford Patents A Way To Bring Ads Inside Your Car (insideevs.com)

submitted 2 months ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Don't you need working prototype to get a patent? Otherwise musk or bezos or another for-profit asshole could patent every known scifi gimmick, wait until someone actually invents it and then send him a bill...?

[–] piccolo@ani.social 2 points 2 months ago

If a prototype is requires, only people with wealth could afford to produce a working prototype without revealing their invention to investors and without risk of the idea being stolen...

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Google says no, you don't need one.