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What I think: It's ok for Apple, Microsoft et al to defend themselves if Android violates their own patents. It's not ok for Apple, Microsoft et al to defend
by barredo 15y ago
What I think:
It's ok for Apple, Microsoft et al to defend themselves if Android violates their own patents.
It's not ok for Apple, Microsoft et al to defend themselves if Android violates patents they didn't develop.
Also, remember that although Microsoft & Oracle claims that Android violated some of their software patents, Apple claims against Samsung go far beyond that, this analysis by Nilay Patel is pretty good: http://thisismynext.com/2011/04/19/apple-sues-samsung-analysis/ http://thisismynext.com/2011/04/19/apple-sues-samsung-analys...
- petervandijck 15y agoIf the patent system worked correctly, that would be true. But it hands out heaps of trivial patents, so not even that.
- doe88 15y agoI concur. But it brings an additional question: Is it right for Google to defend itself with patents they didn't develop? (like for instance those bought from IBM) In this case I think not.
- pkamb 15y agoSo you want to prevent some poor independent hacker from selling his patents to large companies?
- aphexairlines 15y agoAll patents held by companies were bought from someone else. They're just usually paid for with salaries.