DJI loses patent dispute with Autel??
garyrhook wrote: It's easy to take things for granted once we are used to them. At the time of the filing, there must have been something new and non-obvious that allowed for the awarding of a patent.
N.B. the patent office could have gotten it wrong. It happens. It can result in legal challenges against the awarding of a patent.
Without taking the time to exhaustively check the history of drones, it sort of looks to me like the timing of this was right at the beginning of what we now consider ordinary.
And if it was new at one time, then the patent was warranted. And being a strong believer in IP (which every photographer should be) good for Autel for defending its rights.
But looking over videos, I don't think they got it wrong. Unfortunate. 
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