<story><title>Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads</title><url>https://therecord.media/ford-patent-application-in-vehicle-listening-advertising</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>candiddevmike</author><text>What prevents me from patenting every draconian idea I can possibly think of in order to block corporations from doing it?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bdowling</author><text>Patent application filing fees and the time you spend preparing the applications, primarily. Also the loss of privacy (name, etc. in application) in applying for the patent.&lt;p&gt;Edit: Also the risk that your application is rejected so that you don&amp;#x27;t get a blocking patent, which would mean anyone else can use the invention or even patent an improvement. An improver might even cite your rejected application in their applications for more draconian inventions, which could be demoralizing.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ford seeks patent for tech that listens to driver conversations to serve ads</title><url>https://therecord.media/ford-patent-application-in-vehicle-listening-advertising</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>candiddevmike</author><text>What prevents me from patenting every draconian idea I can possibly think of in order to block corporations from doing it?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>BadHumans</author><text>Nothing but the legal fees from enforcing it.</text></comment>