minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lutoTechnology@lemmy.world•BlackBerry's iconic keyboard patent has expiredlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-26 days agoSo for 20 years, it wasn’t possible for anyone but BlackBerry to manufacture phones with the revolutionary technology of… checks notes… keyboards, and now that it is irrelevant to modern devices, is free for anyone to use. Patents should be abolished. linkfedilink
So for 20 years, it wasn’t possible for anyone but BlackBerry to manufacture phones with the revolutionary technology of… checks notes… keyboards, and now that it is irrelevant to modern devices, is free for anyone to use.
Patents should be abolished.