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The problem is, as technology advances, previously "genius" ideas become trivial due to more people being able to solve problems.
There was a time in history when things such as spoons were considered an amazing idea, but how utterly fucked would humanity's development have been if stone-age people allowed themselves to be crippled by greed and a the blind seeking of money.
When even companies that stand to benefit from the current patent system start complaining about the patent system, that's when we'll see some radical change.
Maybe even Apple will realize that the current patent system isn't really doing them any favors, either, overall. When even companies that stand to benefit from the current patent system start complaining about the patent system, that's when we'll see some radical change.
I suspect all the big manufacturers realize that. They just don't have an option - someone is going to sue, so everyone feels they have to.
It's pretty undeniable that the whole patents thing is now one giant clusterfuck. The problem is, as technology advances, previously "genius" ideas become trivial due to more people being able to solve problems. There was a time in history when things such as spoons were considered an amazing idea, but how utterly fucked would humanity's development have been if stone-age people allowed themselves to be crippled by g…
Let'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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Could Apple do anything about this? It seems to be an AMD and Intel problem
Everyone wins except the new upstart company without eight billion dollars worth of bullshit patents. We don't need any new computer companies, though, there are enough already. The system works!
It's pretty undeniable that the whole patents thing is now one giant clusterfuck. The problem is, as technology advances, previously "genius" ideas become trivial due to more people being able to solve problems. There was a time in history when things such as spoons were considered an amazing idea, but how utterly fucked would humanity's development have been if stone-age people allowed themselves to be crippled by g…
We'd all be eating porridge with a spork.
Curious, 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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We'd all be eating porridge with a spork.
The spork would undoubtedly have been found infringing and sued out of existence. We'd be eating it with a fork.
While the whole patent system is tending toward absurdity, it's really absurd that you can be sued for infringement by using a product that infringes even if you have no idea or even a way of knowing that...