Chinese firm BOE could be banned from the USA for close to 15 years for stealing Samsung Display's OLED technology.

Samsung Display has scored an unprecedented victory against its rival BOE for stealing its OLED technology.

In 2023, it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Chinese firm BOE with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC).

Samsung recently won that lawsuit, and the commission’s ruling is expected to effectively ban BOE’s products from entering the USA.

  • thatcrow@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    22·
    17 hours ago

    I spent 2 years perfecting this method

    No you didn’t.

    how do I make use of my invention to make money if some rich mass manufacturing company can come and simply copy my design?

    You mean how do you get a monopoly on an idea so you can be another piece of shit taking advantage of morons who don’t know any better? I’m sure the useful idiots would be glad to give you tips on how to fuck them over so they can live vicariously through you while working service jobs. Watch.

    Anyone who honestly believes that necessary work wouldn’t get done without copyright and patent laws is a moron going to bat for people richer than him. It’s unfortunately the default state for most of us at this point.

    • icelimit@lemmy.mlEnglish
      31·
      16 hours ago

      You seem to be quick to deny the amount of effort needed to invent something new that is actually useful.

      What would your say should then be the main motivator for anyone to invest the (however much you think might be needed) effort needed to invent something new and useful?

      • eskimofry@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        12 hours ago

        if you remove money from the equation, would you do the same thing you’re doing right now?

        Necessity is the mother of invention. Not money. Money is just the necessity RIGHT now because the leaders you elect are only interested in themselves just like you are. If people bothered to rise up above their base desires we can do more than say “toil all your life or die”.

        Do you really feel like all the advancements of the past 200 or so years have made our daily lives easier?

        • icelimit@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          8 hours ago

          Ah, that’s what you were getting at. Yes. Of course I’m right there with you to seize the means of production.

          But after that’s done, I’m quitting rnd and going home to subsist on my monthly ration of 5m long baguettes and 20L jars of mustard. Someone else can work in the dangerous chem lab. If they want to.

          Also, yes. In the past 200 years, inventions borne from the motivations of capitalism have brought us indoor plumbing and refrigeration. If you feel that these are meaningless, I invite you to go without it for just a day.

          Actually, indoor plumbing has had a long history, so perhaps to be specific: the flushing toilet.

          Also I could do with refrigeration for a day. Perhaps the microwave?

          I’m not even sure why I’m debating with you - I’m against patents just as much, if not more. But short of a much better ‘don’t even need to think about it’ alternative, the dilapidated patent system is still necessary (amongst other methods of IP protection) in this capitalism driven world.