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> Especially after the patents run out. I see this mistaken assumption repeated everywhere by people unfamiliar with the display technology industry. You can a
by robinsoh 6y ago
> Especially after the patents run out.
I see this mistaken assumption repeated everywhere by people unfamiliar with the display technology industry. You can attend display conferences and see lots of startups trying to make stable displays. The limitation is not patents. You can ask a simple question to prove this to yourself. Which E Ink patent is blocking progress and will suddenly cause the industry to become amazing after the patent runs out? At best, you'll get lazy answers like ALL of E Ink's patents.
- ZeroGravitas 6y agoThat's not a lazy answer, "patent thickets" are a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_thicket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_thicket
- robinsoh 6y agoIt is when it is not applicable to the topic being discussed.
- monocasa 6y agoPeople said the same thing about 3d printing, and as soon as the FDM patents expired in 2009 the field exploded.
- robinsoh 6y agoIsn't that a Trumpism? "People said". I noticed nobody answered the simple question of which patent is blocking progress.
- monocasa 6y agoNot everything Trump might have said is a "Trumpism". As for the statement "people said", it's absolutely fair to point out that your argument has been incorrectly stated in the past in very similar circumstances. And you can look up e-ink's dozen or so patents that still have about half of their lifetime left. They're pretty fundamental to the technology. I personally try not to patent bomb here on HN so I don't push someone into willful infringement.
- robinsoh 6y agoI don't see a concrete answer to the simple question of which patent it is that is blocking the industry. Is that question somehow illegitimate?