US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
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US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
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Re: US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
#2Live by the patent, die by the patent.
No sympathy deserved or earned.
Re: US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
#3Live by the patent, die by the patent. No sympathy deserved or earned.
agreed. the richest company on the planet with its massive army of lawyers are either incompetent and could not see they would be affected by an existing patent, or so egotistical that they felt they could bully their way around it. either way, that's not a good look for Apple in this.
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#5Karma: https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-gets-u-s-ban-on-htc-andr...
HTC probably lost out on billions due to this
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#6Apple loves to bully competitors and suppliers with both patents and app store. I doubt being on the other end of this will make them change their behaviour.
Re: US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
#7Live by the patent, die by the patent. No sympathy deserved or earned.
agreed. the richest company on the planet with its massive army of lawyers are either incompetent and could not see they would be affected by an existing patent, or so egotistical that they felt they could bully their way around it. either way, that's not a good look for Apple in this.
Presumably the patent litigator also knows all of those facts and may have been holding out for too much money (in Apple’s calculus) and the long-run game is better for Apple if they take some short-term pain now in exchange for being known as a difficult target.
Apple will be fine without watch sales for a long time if needed.
Re: US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
#8Karma: https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-gets-u-s-ban-on-htc-andr...
HTC probably lost out on billions due to this
HTC practically ceased to exist as a consumer facing company in the West due to this. I don't know of any hardware they've produced recently outside of their partnership with Valve on VR, and they're not the face of that relationship.
Re: US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
#9Do the $15 pulse oximiters that can be found on Amazon also infringe on these patents?
Re: US ban on some Apple Watch sales now in effect
#10Do the $15 pulse oximiters that can be found on Amazon also infringe on these patents?
That is a legal question that depends on how much revenue is generated by said companies.