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The Wrights are a bad example, being classical patent trolls - they held back US aviation so severely that the UK and Europe were able to leave the USA in the d

The Wrights are a bad example, being classical patent trolls - they held back US aviation so severely that the UK and Europe were able to leave the USA in the dust. Wright would not allow use or experimentation before an agreement was signed and this blocked all but military(with their mandated exemption re: Patents) who imported European/UK planes were able to progress, but commercial aviation was dead in the water. Once the patents expired the USA soared ahead... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers_patent_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers_patent_war

AlbertCory 3y ago
> classical patent trolls No, a "patent troll" is an entity that doesn't produce anything. Not one that actually developed things. They did exploit their patents, but that was hardly unusual at the time. Henry Ford, in fact, was a victim of that, too, although obviously he overcame it.
- aurizon 3y ago
  Once they started trolling, they stopped making planes, it was only after the patents expired and the founders left the business and they merged with curtis and a rational patent pooling system emerged that US aviation surged ahead. Radio was much the same, and they eventually used pools in the same way. I am not sure if the USA can repair their system, as it feeds and sustains a huge swarm of parasites, much like the US medical system
  - bombcar 3y ago
    This basic same scenario is currently happening with SawStop safety saws, but at least SawStop is manufacturing saws.
    - aurizon 3y ago
      I see, they are trying to force a lot of shops/schools to buy them - they are $500-800 more than comparable risky saws. I wonder if they will try for it on hand held rotary saws? Hopefully an alternate method will emerge. Even if I had one, I would never use it as I practice great care anyway.
      - AlbertCory 3y ago
        Not only that, but you destroy a part if it actually deploys. More $$$. A pair of Kevlar gloves is $20 or so.
  - AlbertCory 3y ago
    I guess "troll" as a verb is pretty common usage now. As a "noun" -- no. The polite term is "Non-Practicing Entity" (not that I want to be polite) but it shows that we still need to distinguish between companies that, at least once, practiced the patent; and shell companies which have never done anything but sue.

AlbertCory 3y ago

> classical patent trolls No, a "patent troll" is an entity that doesn't produce anything. Not one that actually developed things. They did exploit their patents, but that was hardly unusual at the time. Henry Ford, in fact, was a victim of that, too, although obviously he overcame it.

aurizon 3y ago
Once they started trolling, they stopped making planes, it was only after the patents expired and the founders left the business and they merged with curtis and a rational patent pooling system emerged that US aviation surged ahead. Radio was much the same, and they eventually used pools in the same way. I am not sure if the USA can repair their system, as it feeds and sustains a huge swarm of parasites, much like the US medical system
- bombcar 3y ago
  This basic same scenario is currently happening with SawStop safety saws, but at least SawStop is manufacturing saws.
  - aurizon 3y ago
    I see, they are trying to force a lot of shops/schools to buy them - they are $500-800 more than comparable risky saws. I wonder if they will try for it on hand held rotary saws? Hopefully an alternate method will emerge. Even if I had one, I would never use it as I practice great care anyway.
    - AlbertCory 3y ago
      Not only that, but you destroy a part if it actually deploys. More $$$. A pair of Kevlar gloves is $20 or so.
- AlbertCory 3y ago
  I guess "troll" as a verb is pretty common usage now. As a "noun" -- no. The polite term is "Non-Practicing Entity" (not that I want to be polite) but it shows that we still need to distinguish between companies that, at least once, practiced the patent; and shell companies which have never done anything but sue.