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Robots from Gurgaon-based GreyOrange
- mohan_ 9y agoRobots seem to be everywhere. Even as Traffic cops!
- 0xbear 9y agoI wonder what Bezos and Kiva/Amazon Robotics think about all this. :-)
- rebootthesystem 9y agoI thought Amazon had the concept of picking-up shelves and moving them about locked-up due to Kiva patents. Is that not true?
- Super_Jambo 9y agoAh the free market at work. Are these patents enforceable in India? Seems like the US patent system might really hinder US tech development outside of Amazon here.
- pkaye 9y agoGenerally you have to get a patent on a country basis though there are some treaties that make it easier to do in a bunch of countries (perhaps EU?)
- payne92 9y agoIf they want to come to the US at some point, Kiva's patent portfolio will be a big hurdle to clear: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=in%2F%28mountz%29+and+an%2Fkiva&d=PTXT http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=H...
- senthilnayagam 9y agopatents can be bypassed needs R&D money and good patent lawyers. alternatively, if it can be argued as essential patent for warehousing industry, compulsory licensing or royalty can be negotiated. but both would take couple of years. lets wait and watch this space an see how it plays out