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> In a statement, Apple said: "Optis makes no products and its sole business is to sue companies using patents they accumulate. We will continue to defend again
by joering2 5y ago
> In a statement, Apple said: "Optis makes no products and its sole business is to sue companies using patents they accumulate. We will continue to defend against their attempts to extract unreasonable payments for patents they acquire."
I don't understand this approach. I hate patent trolls as much as anyone else, but my feelings are irrelevant to the laws, no? Who cares what Apple lawyers feel honestly? Where does it say in patent laws that only patents you are utilizing to the max 24/7 are viable and "real patents"?
Patent trolls are patent trolls but as SC said many times, if you don't like how we interpret current laws, change them and make them more precise.
Besides, its not like Apple hasn't been a "patent troll" themselves - anyone remembers Apple vs Samsung re too much curved corners?
- stephenr 5y agoYou can disagree with the merits of a patent fight all you want - but suing over a design patent for a product you ship and sell millions of units of, is the literal opposite of a patent troll.
- dandelany 5y agoIt’s just PR. It matters to Apple whether the story is “Apple steals tech from tech startup & gets sued” vs. “patent troll frivolously sues Apple”. It’s not to convince a judge, it’s for the court of public opinion. Lawyers spinning the story in the press to make their side look better is not a new phenomenon…
- judge2020 5y agoThe law on patents is that you have to make and sell products using those patents, either by "use in commerce", showing that it's currently in-use, or that you have a "bona fide intent to use the mark". https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-900d1e1.html https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-900d1...
- nyanpasu64 5y agoThis says that trademarks require you to make and sell products, not patents.
- cma 5y agoThat's trademark