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Google Sues Apple, Seeks To Block iPhone, iPad & Mac Imports To U.S.

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Re: Google Sues Apple, Seeks To Block iPhone, iPad & Mac Imports To U.S.

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post #18

I think it is part of a plan to destroy western society by locking up all the courts and government with unanswerable questions such as "Who first thought of the rectangle?". Soon, there will be nothing left but a wasteland and some lawyers arguing over who gets to own half a dead cat while they warm their hands on oil drums full of burning currency.

Or maybe it's a cunning plan to save western society by locking up all the courts and government?

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#24
post #9

Just to be clear, this Motorola suing Apple, and it's not the first time they've done so. I think The Verge has a much less linkbait-y headline for this: "Motorola files new patent case against Apple with ITC, wants import ban on iPhone and iPad" [1] [1]: http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/17/3250656/motorola-files-new...

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Re: Google Sues Apple, Seeks To Block iPhone, iPad & Mac Imports To U.S.

#25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Apple attacked first

Wait, Apple sued Google?

Apple is waging a war by proxy on Google via attacks on Android handset manufacturers. They've mostly avoided direct engagement so far (which is smart, since Google isn't the one making money directly from Android), but it's obvious to anyone watching the overall swing of these lawsuits that Apple isn't waging war on HTC or Samsung as much as they are on Google and Android.

Re: Google Sues Apple, Seeks To Block iPhone, iPad & Mac Imports To U.S.

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post #9

Just to be clear, this Motorola suing Apple, and it's not the first time they've done so. I think The Verge has a much less linkbait-y headline for this: "Motorola files new patent case against Apple with ITC, wants import ban on iPhone and iPad" [1] [1]: http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/17/3250656/motorola-files-new...

Yes. It's Motorola suing Apple and Not Google. Google, the current owner of Motorola has nothing to do with this. Just like Romney had nothing to do with what the other executives at Bain Capital did.

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post #23
post #18

I think it is part of a plan to destroy western society by locking up all the courts and government with unanswerable questions such as "Who first thought of the rectangle?". Soon, there will be nothing left but a wasteland and some lawyers arguing over who gets to own half a dead cat while they warm their hands on oil drums full of burning currency.

Or maybe it's a cunning plan to save western society by locking up all the courts and government?

Could be either. Or even both. Is very hard to tell with cunning plans.

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#29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is Motorola suing Apple again, for the record.

If Google owns Motorola, they could put a stop to this if they wanted to, no?

and why would they? It's not that they vowed to do no evil or something.

Re: Google Sues Apple, Seeks To Block iPhone, iPad & Mac Imports To U.S.

#30
post #19

We all knew that the second someone started wielding their "defensive" patents the whole system was going to fall apart. Well...here we go I guess.

The headline is incorrect; this is Motorola suing Apple, not Google, which has happened before (as the article states).

Right. Google and Motorola are too separate corporate entities.
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