Without infringing the patents of others, companies can “imitate” hot-selling technologies on the market through the following technical measures： ### 1. **Patent Avoidance Design (Design Around)** -**Analysis of patent rights requirements**: In-depth study of competitors' patent rights requirements to find out the core elements of their scope of protection. By modifying or replacing these elements, products or technologies with similar functions but not falling within the scope of patent protection are designed. -**Innovation and improvement**: Carry out innovation and improvement on the basis of existing technology, develop products with better functions or lower costs, and avoid direct copying of patented technologies. ### 2. **Use of open source technology** -**Use of open source technology**: Open source technology is usually not protected by patents, and companies can legally use and modify open source technology to develop similar products. By combining a variety of open source technologies, companies can build functions similar to hot-selling technologies. -**Participate in the open source community**: By participating in the open source community, companies can obtain the latest technical information and cooperate with developers to jointly promote technological progress. ### 3. **Technical cooperation and authorization** -**Technology authorization**: Negotiate with the patent holder to obtain the legal authorization of the patented technology. By paying a reasonable authorization fee, companies can use related technologies without infringing patents. -**Cooperative development**: Cooperate with companies or research institutions with related technologies to jointly develop new products or technologies and share intellectual property rights. ### 4. **Technical reverse engineering** -**Legal reverse engineering**: Reverse engineer products on the market within the legal scope and analyze their technical principles and implementation methods. By understanding its working principle, companies can develop technologies with similar functions but without infringing patents. -**Circumvent patent protection**: In the process of reverse engineering, make sure that the specific technical details protected by the patent are not copied, but the same functions are realized through different technical paths. ### 5. **Technical alternatives** -**Looking for alternative technologies**: There may be multiple technical paths to achieve the same function on the market. Companies can research and develop alternative technologies to achieve functions similar to hot-selling technologies without infringing patents. -**Cross-disciplinary technology application**: Apply technologies from other fields to this field, develop unique technical solutions, and avoid directly imitating patented technologies. ### 6. **Patent analysis and early warning** -**Patent monitoring**: Through the patent monitoring system, the patent application and authorization status of competitors are discovered in a timely manner, so as to avoid unintentionally infringing the patents of others during the product development process. -**Patent risk assessment**: Conduct a patent risk assessment before product development to ensure that the technical solutions used do not infringe existing patents. ### 7. **Technical standards and specifications** -**Follow technical standards**: Adopt industry standards or international standards to ensure that products comply with relevant technical specifications and avoid patent infringement due to the similarity of technical details. -**Participate in standard formulation**: Actively participate in the formulation of industry technical standards, promote the development of open standards, and reduce dependence on patented technologies. ### 8. **Intellectual property layout** -**Independent intellectual property rights**: Through independent research and development, accumulate independent intellectual property rights and form technical barriers. Even if it imitates hot-selling technologies on the market, it can be protected by independent patents. -**Cross-licensing**: On the basis of possessing independent intellectual property rights, cross-licensing with competitors to legally use each other's technology. ### 9. **Legal advice and compliance review** -**Legal advice**: During the product development process, consult an intellectual property lawyer regularly to ensure that the technical solution does not infringe the patents of others. -**Compliance review**: Conduct a comprehensive compliance review before the product goes to market to ensure that all technical details comply with relevant laws and regulations. ### 10. **Market research and user feedback** -**Market research**: Through market research, understand users' needs and pain points for hot-selling technologies, and develop alternative products that meet user needs. -**User feedback**: Collect user feedback on existing products, improve product design, and develop more competitive products. Through the above technical measures, enterprises can legally “imitate” hot-selling technologies on the market without infringing the patents of others, and innovate and improve on this basis to enhance their own market competitiveness.