Apple to Close Stores in Eastern District of Texas to Fight Patent Trolls

Post by _bxg1 » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 8:52 PM UTC

amyjess wrote: post #73

_bxg1 wrote: post #36

I grew up in Plano; the Willow Bend location was the "main" one for my area. I think this will sting. On a map it looks like the new location is trivially close-by, but the Galleria is in "Dallas proper", as opposed to the other locations which were deep in suburbia. In other words you have to brave Dallas traffic across the urban sprawl to get to it. It's not a mall people in the suburbs go to to just hang out; it's…

I work right across the Tollway from Willow Bend, and I regularly walk to that mall for lunch. There was one time that was really convenient: sick and tired of Lyft drivers using Apple Maps consistently going to the wrong location when attempting to pick me up at home, I went into the Apple Store at lunch, hopped on an iPad, and looked up my address. Sure, enough. It was in the right place. So I submitted a change re…

Post by stcredzero » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 9:18 PM UTC

thaumaturgy wrote: post #79

stcredzero wrote: post #62

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I think this will sting. Won't that create an opportunity for an independent local business? It won't be as convenient and nice as an Apple store. However, it will reduce the sting in exchange for some profit.

Speaking as someone that's a fan of independent, local businesses and struggled with running one for 10 years: no business best described by the words "independent" and "local" can compete on all aspects of customer service with a megacorp. The resources just ain't there for it. It will have higher prices or poorer service, if one is opened at all.

Post by tomc1985 » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 9:37 PM UTC

emiliobumachar wrote: post #45

tomc1985 wrote: post #24

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Oh man, imagine the riots and changes that would ensue is Amazon suddenly started blocking purchases from Eastern district residents... "well we don't want to be considered as doing business there, y'all need to fix your courts..."

For maximum effect, organize. Amazon. Google. Netflix. Apple. All boycotting and IP blocking the District. Cue cries of corporations becoming more powerful than governments.

Post by babypuncher » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 10:07 PM UTC

kevin_b_er wrote: post #3

It seems quite reasonable for apple to avoid the renegade court. The court is known to intentionally violate the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to the benefit of patent holders.[1] You must seek permission from the renegade judge in order to file Summary Judgement. "A party may move for summary judgment" They may not move for summary judgement, because the judge denies this in this court. "The court should state on…

Post by CamperBob2 » Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 10:10 PM UTC

zazen wrote: post #87

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Dozens if not hundreds of articles have been written about corruption around patent trolling in the Eastern District of Texas. You have everything you need to seek those articles out. Asking others to do simple tasks for you indicates a desire to waste their time. It could fairly be interpreted as... trolling.

Offhand accusations of extremely serious charges like corruption breed lazy cynicism. It's not only fair but a good idea to ask people to support their claims: a little bit of intellectual rigor could make the difference between a valuable forum and an echo chamber where _everyone knows_ that outgroup x is just _so corrupt_. It's really not good to say "just go and google it and you'll see how right I am". Antivaxxer…