HACKER Q&A
📣 peepeepoopoo3

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?

  👤 johncoltrane Accepted Answer ✓
That is a strange take.

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.

👤 akerl_
The number of new products released every year seems to suggest this is false. What are you basing this sense on?
👤 mardiyah
What is definition of physical product, and patent portfolio & its infringement in US?