For those who don’t understand Ford’s strategy here: Ford has tons of goofy patents like this, and they’re just waiting for someone else to do this so they can get royalties.
Thanks for calling attention to this. Oftentimes when a patent is applied for there is no intent to implement it. This is actually a clever way to get ahead of the direction of the market and license to other manufacturers.
Having said that, it’s still Ford, and once it’s generally accepted for this type of ad to be displayed they’ll jump on it real quick.
This is a patent troll, stiffling innovation gaming the patent system for something [we hope] they never intend to produce. Even if it’s a horrible idea we want stifled, that’s still a patent troll
For those who don’t understand Ford’s strategy here: Ford has tons of goofy patents like this, and they’re just waiting for someone else to do this so they can get royalties.
They’re patent trolling bad ideas…
That’s a lot more clever than actually building this grotesque idea.
Thanks for calling attention to this. Oftentimes when a patent is applied for there is no intent to implement it. This is actually a clever way to get ahead of the direction of the market and license to other manufacturers.
Having said that, it’s still Ford, and once it’s generally accepted for this type of ad to be displayed they’ll jump on it real quick.
This is a patent troll, stiffling innovation gaming the patent system for something [we hope] they never intend to produce. Even if it’s a horrible idea we want stifled, that’s still a patent troll
That’s inevitable, but in this scenario they own the patent.