[citation][nom]thrasher32[/nom]While you're down there fellating Apple, will you see if you can find my contact lens?[/citation]
That explains why you didn't read my post since you're evidently blind. Perhaps you should take the time to read first before you comment. But I guess it's more important for you to spew your hate than to carry a mature conversation. Too bad. Don't bother responding unless it's intelligent.
As I said, I don't support Apple in this and I frankly think both Apple and Samsung are lame for doing this, but both of them used a pretty big loop hole and are not throwing rocks at eachother. Others will follow since Google, Intel, Microsoft etc are hoarding patents just in case...
[citation][nom]NoNeedToSue[/nom]@mrpijeyand thats all well and good if patents were to be used for defensive means only, but Apple has demonstrated that they are more then happy to use these patents offensively, they did not patent these ideas just so someone else dont patent them, they patent these ideas to exclusively exclude other from using themAnd i fully understand the concept of business killed or be killed i cant help but look at Nokia and Ericsson (now Sony) who are sitting on a heap loads of telecoms patents and until recently, did not decide to sue the pants of everyone and their gran (it should also noted that Samsung holds a ridiculously large patent port folio)[/citation]
Um, the point of taking a patent is to prevent others from using the same idea, i.e have exclusive rights to the technology. But the patent system as it is today is abused. It was created to allow inventors to make a profit on their invention before it became free for all, but these days corps use it to stall development and kill competition. Both Apple and Samsung are major players so both of them suit up with crappy patents, APPROVED patents. And this is where it went wrong. If it weren't possible to patent basic ideas and non-innovative ideas then no one would bother with this sillyness. Samsung and Apple are just playing the patent game according to what law approves.
What has to be done is to redo the entire patent system and throw out all stupid patents like these. Then this entire childish game will go away. Until that happens businesses will hoard patents and use them wherever they seem fit to regain a steady foothold on the market.
It's just business. Bad business but still business. And there are still many worse things to take care of while we're at it, such as slave labor etc.
That explains why you didn't read my post since you're evidently blind. Perhaps you should take the time to read first before you comment. But I guess it's more important for you to spew your hate than to carry a mature conversation. Too bad. Don't bother responding unless it's intelligent.
As I said, I don't support Apple in this and I frankly think both Apple and Samsung are lame for doing this, but both of them used a pretty big loop hole and are not throwing rocks at eachother. Others will follow since Google, Intel, Microsoft etc are hoarding patents just in case...
[citation][nom]NoNeedToSue[/nom]@mrpijeyand thats all well and good if patents were to be used for defensive means only, but Apple has demonstrated that they are more then happy to use these patents offensively, they did not patent these ideas just so someone else dont patent them, they patent these ideas to exclusively exclude other from using themAnd i fully understand the concept of business killed or be killed i cant help but look at Nokia and Ericsson (now Sony) who are sitting on a heap loads of telecoms patents and until recently, did not decide to sue the pants of everyone and their gran (it should also noted that Samsung holds a ridiculously large patent port folio)[/citation]
Um, the point of taking a patent is to prevent others from using the same idea, i.e have exclusive rights to the technology. But the patent system as it is today is abused. It was created to allow inventors to make a profit on their invention before it became free for all, but these days corps use it to stall development and kill competition. Both Apple and Samsung are major players so both of them suit up with crappy patents, APPROVED patents. And this is where it went wrong. If it weren't possible to patent basic ideas and non-innovative ideas then no one would bother with this sillyness. Samsung and Apple are just playing the patent game according to what law approves.
What has to be done is to redo the entire patent system and throw out all stupid patents like these. Then this entire childish game will go away. Until that happens businesses will hoard patents and use them wherever they seem fit to regain a steady foothold on the market.
It's just business. Bad business but still business. And there are still many worse things to take care of while we're at it, such as slave labor etc.
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