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iPhone to Android - a Nightmare
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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1421371" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>You can't infringe someting that can't be infringed. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/06/nokia-beats-apple-patent/" target="_blank">Here you go</a>.</p><p></p><p>This is out of place but I wanted to include this here since it forms the basis of my concern. Essentially, I'm making the argument (and I think you'd agree) that patents can be overly trivial, cases in which they're involved are struck down (at least partially) and can be so counter-productive but lucrative so as to warrant a whole "industry" (patent troll anyone?). I can't tell you the number of times I hear of company X suing company Y for a "power-button-that-is-raised-and-clicks-and-is-on-the-left-side" patent. This is my problem - everyone sues everyone, no one ever really wins by the time appeals are up and the only losers are the consumers who, like in this Android case, have to have an update pushed out to remove functionality (I don't care if Google infringed on the patent - my focus here is on us, the consumer). The triviality makes my heat hurt. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1421371, member: 71075"] You can't infringe someting that can't be infringed. ;) [URL="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/06/nokia-beats-apple-patent/"]Here you go[/URL]. This is out of place but I wanted to include this here since it forms the basis of my concern. Essentially, I'm making the argument (and I think you'd agree) that patents can be overly trivial, cases in which they're involved are struck down (at least partially) and can be so counter-productive but lucrative so as to warrant a whole "industry" (patent troll anyone?). I can't tell you the number of times I hear of company X suing company Y for a "power-button-that-is-raised-and-clicks-and-is-on-the-left-side" patent. This is my problem - everyone sues everyone, no one ever really wins by the time appeals are up and the only losers are the consumers who, like in this Android case, have to have an update pushed out to remove functionality (I don't care if Google infringed on the patent - my focus here is on us, the consumer). The triviality makes my heat hurt. ;) [/QUOTE]
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