GitHub is my copilot

Posted Jul 19, 2021 8:47 UTC (Mon) by sandsmark (guest, #62172)
In reply to: GitHub is my copilot by dskoll
Parent article: GitHub is my copilot

> You mean like this patent?

I'm hungover and not in the mood to read patents, but something that most people seem to miss (and is fairly important with patents) is that the abstract is completely irrelevant.

What matters are the claims, and most importantly the independent claims (those that don't reference other claims). If you don't infringe on any part of an independent claim it does not apply, and it also invalidates all the dependent claims.

So while I haven't read that patent, usually when people point to what looks like absurd patents they tend to be useless (except for generating media hype and stock price for whomever got it).

GitHub is my copilot

Posted Jul 19, 2021 16:24 UTC (Mon) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link]

I did read the patent. But again, even garbage patents can be expensive to fight and invalidate. I doubt Microsoft has the appetite for taking on that potential liability by offering indemnification against patent infringement for Copilot output.