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Apple Watch imports banned in America - Patents issues! (www.cnn.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by MaxVoltage@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Apple watches are seen on display at the Apple Store in Grand Central Station (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Imag)

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[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Can they pay the patent fee? It may be possible that the patent holder simply doesn’t want to allow Apple to use this technology at all, and is refusing outright.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I wasn't even sure that was possible? I guess it just seems a little antithetical to the idea of patents to just be able to wholesale ban another party from even using it at all.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

sometimes an entity may object to the use of their patent for one reason or another, or charge some absurd or unreasonable amount. it's usually some sort of moral or ethical thing.

[–] jopepa@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Really interesting episode of This American Life covered a patent trolling and a lot of the finer points regarding patent law. Episode 441

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