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E-ink is tied up with patents so there aren’t many organizations that can work on improving it.

• perceptronas 3y ago
  Anyone know when important patents will expire?
  • jeffreyclark 3y ago
    Nobody knows because the people claiming that patents are slowing down innovation never seem to actually work in that specific industry or have actual detailed knowledge. Almost makes one think they don't actually have real information and are just casuals.
    • NavinF 3y ago
      People who work in the industry never talk about specific patents because patents are very vague and if you admit to being aware of something that potentially overlaps your work you're painting a target on your back. If you lose a lawsuit after that admission you're subject to 3x damages, not 1x https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treble_damages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treble_damages
• braunboffel 3y ago
  > E-ink is tied up with patents so there aren’t many organizations that can work on improving it. I find myself forced to repeat myself. Could you give everyone here some verifiable data? Please identify what patent you're talking about. I hope I will get a genuine response from someone who genuinely knows that industry because the last time I asked I just got a patents.google.com/search?q=eink response and a link to some random claim made as an HN comment. It is fun to blame patents. But do you think it might be because physics?