Originally Posted by
eippo1
Fyi, Fuji has licensed from Specialized before. The rear suspension triangle on my Fuji Thrill was licensed from Specialized's FSR technology.
Mountain bike suspension systems are a completely different beast. There are only a couple of good designs and they often are licensed out. Santa Cruz licenses its VPP system to Intense and others, and I think Iron Horse holds the patent on the DW Link system that is used by companies like Giant, though I could have that backward.