Featured Patents complicate all driver assist tech at 7 companies

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    Perrone Robotics Inc. and Perrone Robotics Innovations have filed lawsuits against Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda and Nissan, alleging infringement of its patented automated vehicle and robotics technologies.
     
    #1 mikefocke, Dec 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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    should be a fun watch, although it will probably take years to play out. like toyotas ecvt, they probably just want licensing royalties.
     
    #2 bisco, Dec 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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    I look forward to the day that people who own patents get legal rights because they actually fully developed and marketed and carry the product liability... So sick of these sleezy trolls who acquire or hold patents that they never invest in or develop other than hiring an attorney to poach revenue from the companies who do all the actual investing and risk taking. Patent reform is essential to a truly free market economy, which we've never had.
     
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    happens a lot with big pharma
     
    #4 bisco, Dec 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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    Yeah that's another corrupt racket that needs the legs kicked out from under them.
     
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    You are talking to a first named patent holder through a company I worked for. Developed a product using a unique design over at least a dozen years and marketed it and sold it. Defended it when it was initially denied and also responded to others making claims against it.
     
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    • mrs b got the rsv shot the other day. insurance paid $350., i almost fell over
     
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    I'm sure you'll agree then that the amount of work you put into it should be proportionate to the money you got out of it. I'm was referencing jerks who patented stuff like "a system to make payments online" back in the early 90's when internet first got started coming out of nowhere decades later arguing in court that they want a licensing fee for every payment made online even though their patent was never developed or deployed. Those folks are put evil!
     
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