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Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 11:47 AM EDT |
That was a purely defensive move. All is fair in love and
war, and when you
are defending yourself from a patent bully.
Samsung did not initiate this war.
You are going to see more
FRAND patents used defensively by Motorola and
Google. They
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Authored by: DannyB on Tuesday, August 28 2012 @ 01:10 PM EDT |
There is only one thing Samsung could have done to avoid this mess. Make a less
successful product.
If Apple couldn't have sued over this, it would sue over something else. What
they sue over dosn't actually matter. If you think it does, then you don't
really understand what is happening.
What this is ultimately about is that Apple feels entitled, by some kind of
Divine Right, that the entire smartphone market is God's Exclusive Gift to
Apple.
Apple made something cool. Nobody else should be allowed to make anything cool.
Apple told another court, with a straight face, that Samsung could have chosen
to use a more cluttered design, or make their tablet thicker and heavier.
That's like a sports car company arguing that another sports car company could
have made their car not go quite so fast or not be quite so powerful. Or they
could make it look ugly.
On the subject of FRAND patents. They are by nature reasonable, fair, and
non-discriminatory. So why doesn't Apple license patents on FRAND terms
covering basic technology like everyone else does? Oh, because Apple is
special. So when Apple is sued over FRAND patents, they cry "No
fair!". But then in the biggest hypocrisy ever, Apple sues over
non-technology while calling it "technology". Hey Apple, I don't
think that word means what you think it means.
"Good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless
about stealing great ideas."
-- Steve Jobs
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