• andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    IP hoarding of products that may potentially be produced. Millions of dollars aren’t a pocket change, but if anyone’s going into this wearable AI bullshit, HP’d make a hole in their pockets. It’s a low stakes conservative gamble ‘just in case’.

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      3 days ago

      I have a hard time seeing much patentable. They can’t just patent ‘wearable pin’, it has to be much more specific.

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        2 days ago

        They probably have patented some underlying technology they spent time researching to make the product viable.

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          Sigh. I know it’s not the product, I know HP bought the IP. i can’t see how there is any significant IP from this company in development of this product.