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The problem isn’t the features, it’s that Samsung is copying the very concept of a smart ring. Oura was the first company to make and patent biometric smart rings. So, yeah, if you make a biometric smart ring without paying them, you’re getting sued. That’s how patents work.
For the past 30 years, Samsung’s consumer product development strategy has been 75% “copy the competitors, then pay lawyers to fight it out.”
The concept of a smart ring shouldn't be patentable, and maybe it isn't im not sure. IP laws are really broken, all laws are but I think IP even more so.
Exactly, should apple be allowed to patent a phone with a rectangular touch screen. A basic broad idea like this shouldn't be something that's allowed to be patented
I've patented the color blue. Anyone who wants to use blue will have to pay me royalties.
Anyone remember the vantablack bs?
Vantablack is a specific chemical product, not a color. If you can get something just as black via a different process they can't do anything.