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Originally Posted by olsonpg
I would readjust my margins/marketing to regain a competitive edge like every other business does on a constant basis when their market share is budged by similar/replica products.
IDK. Business 101?
You realize this happens all the time right? it's basically common practice in every industry. Think of a few product lines that have come out over the last few years and tell me how many of them were able to hold on to exclusivity? I'll wait.
So in short no, I wouldn't mind because it's to be expected.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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Literally what are patents? Everything that made and makes money has patents behind it Entrepreneurial espionage isn't common practice and no one likes it. That's why patents are a thing: Invent a thing, patent it, make money because that thing is EXCLUSIVE to you, and when the patent runs out a quarter century or so later, other people can jump on the band wagon. Without patents to prevent theft, cheap skates would just wait while other people poured orders of magnitude more time, effort, and money to make the thing they would poach. That is not how business works. Business works because people are confident that if they invent something, they can apply for patents to secure their rights to their intellectual property to prevent its theft, ensuring they will be able to make ROI. Assuming of course, people want to actually pay money for the thing that was invented