Judge Finds Apple in Violation of HTC's Newly Acquired Patents
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Re: Judge Finds Apple in Violation of HTC's Newly Acquired Patents
#2Sadly it looks like there's an arms race brewing. Hopefully some sanity is restored before these companies start destroying each other.
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#3Curious, it happens that Apple just recently phased out their last Macs that still used nVidia chips (and thus their only non-infringing models). Anyone know the reasoning for the switch?
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#5This is actually a pretty favorable outcome for HTC, as the reported industry average for invalidations during IP review is around 90 percent.
This is one of the biggest problems with the modern patent system.
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#6Is it still a sign of a broken system even if it means the guy I wanted to lose actually loses?
Shakes magic 8-ball Signs point to yes.
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#7Let's just stop the import of all computers and phones over Patent rulings. HTC and Apple should stick to their guns and deny imports of their products.
Once nobody can buy computers or phones in the U.S. anymore THEN, just MAYBE, Congress will decide to fix this Patent mess.
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#8Paradoxically, the ideal result seems to be only the lawyers coming out ahead.
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#9Just business as usual. Two giant corporations using the courts (or in this case the ITC) to set the price of a cross-license patent agreement.
These sorts of cases aren't usually very interesting. They almost always get settled with no disclosure of the final settlement.
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#10Could Apple do anything about this? It seems to be an AMD and Intel problem