HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
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HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
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Re: HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
#2Hopefully this will be the case that gives Cook the ability to "gracefully withdraw" from Jobs' legal intifada against Android, and we can end this silliness for good.
Re: HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
#3Am I the only one who is utterly tired of reading this sort of stuff?
All it proves is that smart phone vendors are universally asshats and this market is dangerous, risky and volatile so I don't want to be involved.
Re: HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
#4Dear Judges of the World,
Please declare all relevant patent holders to modern mobile phone and tablet technology must grant Compulsory Licences.
Regards,
The World
This is getting ridiculous - very few of these patents are really innovative anyway!
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_licensing
Re: HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
#5Am I the only one who is utterly tired of reading this sort of stuff? All it proves is that smart phone vendors are universally asshats and this market is dangerous, risky and volatile so I don't want to be involved.
Most markets where money can be made are like that, though...
Re: HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
#6Once Apple will announce LTE on iPhone all hell will break loose. HTC has two related patents, Samsung - 79. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/042612-lte-patent-wars...
Re: HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
#7On the one hand, I'm pretty sick of this nonsense. On the other hand, it might be in everyone's best interest if HTC succeeds here. If millions of fanboys are denied their shiny new iPhones and Apple, which is rather well connected in Washington, finally winds up losing money due to the patent system, maybe we'll finally seem some progress towards reform.
Re: HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
#8Isn't part of the patent system, that one could license the said technology for a given price? It's really sad, that that the first step is not negotiation and revenue, but lawyering and "ban it to hell!".... I don't care who started it.
Re: HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
#9Isn't part of the patent system, that one could license the said technology for a given price? It's really sad, that that the first step is not negotiation and revenue, but lawyering and "ban it to hell!".... I don't care who started it.
For some sorts of copyright, that is the case, like for music.
A company can legally deny another company a license to a patent or set an unreasonable price for it. Normally it is in a company's best interest to license the patent, but they are not legally required to do it.
Re: HTC's patents could lead to an ban on the next iPhone & iPad
#10On the one hand, I'm pretty sick of this nonsense. On the other hand, it might be in everyone's best interest if HTC succeeds here. If millions of fanboys are denied their shiny new iPhones and Apple, which is rather well connected in Washington, finally winds up losing money due to the patent system, maybe we'll finally seem some progress towards reform.
For me, it's been fascinating to see what huge companies that are flush with more cash than ever before [1] will do with that cash during a prolonged recession.
The most common argument for continuing to lower taxes on businesses is that it will stimulate the economy because the businesses will spend the money on their employees. It looks like what actually happens is that they spend the money waging legal wars against each-other.
[1]: http://www.businessinsider.com/corporate-profits-just-hit-an...