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[–] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Yes but only because McDonald Douglas didn't exist yet. If you do find evidence of them having jet aircraft we might be able to invalidate some patents under prior art.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    afaik, patents don't care about that. You can even patent things that don't exist.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    You can but in practise you would have an immensely hard time enforcing that.

    People have taken patents out for FTL drives but if one is ever invented it would be pretty difficult to claim that they have the rights to the invention.

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