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Please be careful about throwing around the "anti-competitive" phrase. It has a specific meaning that does not apply here. Apple has every right (and obligatio
by taligent 14y ago
Please be careful about throwing around the "anti-competitive" phrase. It has a specific meaning that does not apply here.
Apple has every right (and obligation) to defend patents that were legally acquired. You can argue that the patents are invalid but that is a different story.
- fpgeek 14y agoAnti-competitive doesn't mean illegal. It is perfectly reasonable to describe gaming the system to block your competition as anti-competitive. After all, that kind of behavior is, quite literally, opposed to competition.
- jvm 14y agoPatents are intrinsically anti-competitive (preventing competition is literally the point of a patent) even if they are legal and/or desirable. But I agree that "anti-competitive" has negative connotations that are clearly a matter of opinion.
- justinschuh 14y agoQuite the contrary, the term "anti-competitive" is entirely correct here. Abusing the patent system to unfairly crowd out legitimate competition is no different than abusing tariffs or other legal constructs to achieve the same goal.