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		nicoburns on Jan 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: E Ink has developed a 2nd generation Advanced Colo... But it doesn't only apply to large companies. It also applies to small companies. And the point at which the small company will have to stop paying the fee because they can't afford it will be much sooner than the large company. Thus giving an advantage to the large companies.

kortilla on Jan 18, 2021 [–]

But that’s fine. If the small company isn’t pulling in a ton of revenue on the product it wasn’t reaching a lot of society.

It doesn’t matter if Google is paying or Widget firm X. Google isn’t going to keep paying if the patent isn’t sustaining itself anymore than Widget X.

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