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Serious question: how many times has Apple used a generic patent against their competition? It doesn't seem to happen often, which gives me the impression they'

• winsbe01 15y ago
  that is a good question. I'm sure a lot of them are defensive patents, but then you have the whole "App Store" name debacle between Amazon and Apple, and then I start to wonder...
  • sjs 15y ago
    Start to wonder about what? Please finish that thought. Unlike with patents if you don't defend a trademark you will lose it. Trademarks and patents are different and I'm curious as to why you're relating them here.
    • winsbe01 15y ago
      you're right, I'm sorry, I'm confusing the two. I'm just not too fond of the whole owning-something-intangible concept, i.e. patents on processes or trademarks on words. in my distaste for them, I guess I mixed them up. but yes, a trademark is representative of a brand, and it's important for companies to control their brand image, especially companies who are constantly under surveillance by the media like Apple.
      • sjs 15y ago
        Understandable. I don't have anything nice to say about software patents either.
• naner 15y ago
  Recently they've sued HTC, Motorola, Samsung, and Amazon for iPhone-related stuff.