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In addition - you defacto set the standard, without ever holding a single standardization meeting.
by LifeLiverTransp 8y ago
In addition - you defacto set the standard, without ever holding a single standardization meeting.
- Erlich_Bachman 8y agoIs there really an example that would prove that this ever happens? Aren't patents usually just clever ways of doing things, not necessarily decisions about the exact dimensions/contacts/voltages/etc. All other manufacturers could easily just take patents and make their own standards based on them?
- nitrogen 8y agoAren't patents usually just clever ways of doing things One would hope, but from reading Groklaw back in the day and HN now, it doesn't seem so.
- Scoundreller 8y agoFireWire failed for its patents from Apple. Intel didn't want to develop around a port with a $1/port royalty. It took over another decade to move beyond 5V charging.
- solarkraft 8y agoIntel provided another great example of this recently: Thunderbolt 3 controllers used to cost quite a bit, so they weren't included in lower-cost devices. They saw that that didn't work out that well for them and made it royalty-free. Now it's basically the new USB standard.
- rrix2 8y ago> Now it's basically the new USB standard. Not even basically. It is USB 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#USB4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#USB4