$1B for Dollar Shave Club: Why Every Company Should Worry

Re:$1B for Dollar Shave Club: Why Every Company Should Worry by homero on Sunday July 31, 2016 @05:15PM (#12198902)

What's patented?

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Re:$1B for Dollar Shave Club: Why Every Company Should Worry by YokoZar on Sunday July 31, 2016 @05:19PM (#12198926)

I believe the entire handle, head, and connector bits. Probably also parts of the manufacturing process. When I bought a Mach 3 handle about 10 years ago there were at least 12 patent numbers printed on it.

There's a reason you haven't seen generic Mach 3 blades yet. The product came out in 1998, and blades from 1998 can still fit the system today -- no matter how many new patents Gillette chases, others will soon be able to reproduce exactly that.

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Re:$1B for Dollar Shave Club: Why Every Company Should Worry by kornholi on Sunday July 31, 2016 @05:20PM (#12198928)

https://www.google.com/patents/US6212777

Expires somewhere around 2018 (17 years after issuance)

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Re:$1B for Dollar Shave Club: Why Every Company Should Worry by nameless912 on Sunday July 31, 2016 @05:16PM (#12198907)

I'd guess the attachment mechanism.

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