Ask HN: Is it possible to ship a physical product without infringing on patents? I get the sense that it's not possible to build an interesting (non-computer) physical product anymore in the US/EU without accidentally crossing into someone else's patent portfolio. Am I wrong? |
Do you really believe that everything worthwhile has an enforceable patent attached to it? That there is no room for innovation anymore? You won't ship anything with that attitude, patents or not.
Besides, if you want to use a $THING in your product and I have a patent for it, then we can certainly work out a mutually beneficial deal.
Isn't it so if to consider patent troll parties as existing?