Difference between the UK and the USA

[kmanmx]

rekt

2. The lightbulb
The invention of the lightbulb is normally credited to US inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who patented his discovery in 1879. The problem is he was beaten by a year by British whizz Joseph Swann, who even came up with the idea of a carbon filament bulb some 10 years previously. Swann successfully sued Edison over patent infringement in a British Court; and then in 1883 Edison was stripped of his US patent, because his work was based on that of the prior art of inventor William Sawyer.

 

[carnageX]

rekt

2. The lightbulb
The invention of the lightbulb is normally credited to US inventor Thomas Alva Edison, who patented his discovery in 1879. The problem is he was beaten by a year by British whizz Joseph Swann, who even came up with the idea of a carbon filament bulb some 10 years previously. Swann successfully sued Edison over patent infringement in a British Court; and then in 1883 Edison was stripped of his US patent, because his work was based on that of the prior art of inventor William Sawyer.

Yup. Edison was basically a patent troll.

 

[PP Mguire]

Yup. Edison was basically a patent troll.

Rambus before Rambus.

 

[kmanmx]

Rambus before Rambus.

ufknwotm8

 

[S0ULphIRE]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=fkn+rambus+troll+m8

 

[kmanmx]

LMGTFY

I still dont get it.

 

[S0ULphIRE]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambus

Rambus Incorporated, founded in 1990, is an American technology licensing company, and has also been labelled as a patent troll

A big one.
Edison was a patent troll. You might say he was the Rambus of his time.

 

[kmanmx]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambus


A big one.
Edison was a patent troll. You might say he was the Rambus of his time.

Oh. Whats a troll?

 

[S0ULphIRE]

...oh god damnit xD

 

[kmanmx]