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> There is no point in even trying to improve the technology right now because the patent holder would just take it anyway I don't follow your thesis. Are you
by andrehill 6y ago
> There is no point in even trying to improve the technology right now because the patent holder would just take it anyway
I don't follow your thesis. Are you claiming there's someone out there who is being blocked by the eink manufacturer with a threat of a patent?
- jandrese 6y agoYou would have to be insane to put yourself in the position to start with, so as long as the threat of the patent looms over the industry nobody is going to bother. The comparison earlier to FDM 3D printing is spot on. The entire industry stagnated for over a decade under Stratiasys, who had no interest in pursuing the consumer market. It was only after the patents expired that the explosion of affordable printers and innovation in filaments happened.
- andrehill 6y agoBut why are we switching topics to FDM 3D printing? The claim that 2nd OP made was that the eink manufacturer was being nasty and was suing other companies. But when I googled, I found no such evidence and I don't see any reply from anyone explaining what nasty stuff they did so it seems like that claim might be total BS. I see lots of other startups even in electrophoretic, like Clearink which won some awards but is struggling to get money. It seems like the real issue is that no one out there wants to put money into making these displays as it is low profit compared to software startups.