Oh please.
You might just be the only person that doesn’t know that Apple engaged in this petty protection of frivolousness in hopes of setting a precedent so they could litigate all of their competitors out of business.
Jobs said it himself.
And as far as I’m concerned, since Apple is funneling money into the pockets of Democrats and gay marriage advocates, I couldn’t care less about protecting their “right” to slide to unlock and rounded corners. Wooooo, what a innovation worthy of over a billion dollars!
But hey I’ve said many time if you want to see what conservatives sound like when they act like leftists, then just find an Apple topic. They will go to the mat to religiously defend a company that finances the same people that are trying to destroy them. Gotcha.
As if Apple is some American as apple pie company. Unless Foxcomm is located in Indiana and I just kept misreading it as China.
Apple is the worst thief of all of the technology companies. Anyone familiar with VHC and the technology they patented and has been stolen and used by Apple for many years. Apple’s response, even after a jury verdict for over $300 million against them as well as a .98% running royalty rate, is to litigate and bully VHC. I use Apple products but I am switching because the company is run by criminals who steal technology and bully anyone that stands up to them.
I wholeheartedly agree. Apple IS a patent troll themselves. I’ve been following a company that has patents on secure end to end encrypted communications. They won a 368 million dollar verdict against Apple on 11/6/2012. apple has used every trick in the book to fight it. They (and other big silicon valley types) helped craft the final version of the AIA. Among the provisions, they created new ways to fight ‘so-called patent trolls.’ (See IPR and PTAB). 0bama couldn’t spell patent troll without them but it became his meme du jour. They are deep into his pocket. Those new processes allow a loser in a patent suit to fire multiple shots on goal against smaller companies and their inventors by re-litigating the same patents and trying to get them declared invalid. all post jury verdict. it costs big to play this game...and the deep pocketed Apple has no qualms about doing so. Currently, the Federal Appeals court is considering an appeal from Apple against this small company to have the jury verdict overturned. We should have an answer in a few weeks. There’s a good site: ipwatchdog, that I read. I’m no lawyer, especially a patent attorney..but the new AIA (America Invents Act)and the further tweaks they are trying to add to it are making it much more difficult to protect small inventors and their intellectual property.
Cracks me up when Apple-haters rag on Mac products for being made in China and not in the USA.
When was the last time you bought a made in the USA computer?
As for Apple giving money to Democrats...have you checked out who Microsoft donates money to?
I know it doesn’t fit into your irrational Apple-hating viewpoint, but there isn’t, on a corporate level, a whole helluva lot of difference between Microsoft and Apple, except that Apple is much, much more profitable.
And, no, he did not. He said they should develop their OWN products not steal Apple's products. He said Apple doesn't mind competition, but shouldn't have to compete against Apple's own technology. Quit making up your own facts.
Hear hear.