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More interesting than a bunch of chatter on Google Plus is this article on Forbes, "Could Steve Jobs actually win his thermonuclear war?": http://tech.fortune.

by mryall 14y ago

More interesting than a bunch of chatter on Google Plus is this article on Forbes, "Could Steve Jobs actually win his thermonuclear war?": http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/30/could-steve-jobs-actually-win-his-thermonuclear-war/ http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/30/could-steve-jobs-actu... I don't think this will be the last of Apple's actions against Android. When Steve said they'd "patented the hell out of" the iPhone, I got the sense he really wasn't joking.

magicalist 14y ago
There is no content in that "article". He doesn't even attempt to answer his posed question. It comes up only in the last paragraph and all he concludes is "Apple may be tempted to request preliminary injunctions against newer products". What insight. Gotta get more page views, and based on the comment count vs normal forbes posts, this is the right formula.
- codeka 14y ago
  This came up not that long ago on Hacker News. If the article headline is posed as a "yes/no" question, the answer is "no". http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4092880 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4092880
buro9 14y ago
They've patented the hell out of everything that they've done in the last decade with the iPhone, but the very foundations that they stand on have been patented the hell out of by Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia, etc for the decades prior. Standing on someone else's foundations isn't the best place from which to start a thermonuclear patent war.
- pkulak 14y ago
  If you have enough lawyers it is. You can do anything with enough money and lawyers.
  - ralfn 14y ago
    In other worss: the justice system is no longer a monopoly of the state on violence. But a for hire entity, where the highest bidder can buy their preferred form of "justice" This is not a good development, and we can wonder how long it will take before the bric countries choose a radical new direction towards IP.
- astrodust 14y ago
  If it's decades then you're in the clear since patents have a more finite lifespan than copyright. The initial iPhone patents only have another ten years or so left in them, if that.
- keithpeter 14y ago
  Especially as the people you are aiming your thermonuclear weapons at happen to be part of your supply chain (or trading closely with them)
- tedunangst 14y ago
  But if those patents are part of necessary standards, they're required to license them to Apple. Apple is not required to license any of its UI patents to competitors.
- andyman1080 14y ago
  How are you equating standards essential 3G patents to software UI? They don't really have any correlation whatsoever.

by mryall 14y ago

magicalist 14y ago

There is no content in that "article". He doesn't even attempt to answer his posed question. It comes up only in the last paragraph and all he concludes is "Apple may be tempted to request preliminary injunctions against newer products". What insight. Gotta get more page views, and based on the comment count vs normal forbes posts, this is the right formula.

codeka 14y ago
This came up not that long ago on Hacker News. If the article headline is posed as a "yes/no" question, the answer is "no". http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4092880 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4092880

buro9 14y ago

They've patented the hell out of everything that they've done in the last decade with the iPhone, but the very foundations that they stand on have been patented the hell out of by Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia, etc for the decades prior. Standing on someone else's foundations isn't the best place from which to start a thermonuclear patent war.

pkulak 14y ago
If you have enough lawyers it is. You can do anything with enough money and lawyers.
- ralfn 14y ago
  In other worss: the justice system is no longer a monopoly of the state on violence. But a for hire entity, where the highest bidder can buy their preferred form of "justice" This is not a good development, and we can wonder how long it will take before the bric countries choose a radical new direction towards IP.
astrodust 14y ago
If it's decades then you're in the clear since patents have a more finite lifespan than copyright. The initial iPhone patents only have another ten years or so left in them, if that.
keithpeter 14y ago
Especially as the people you are aiming your thermonuclear weapons at happen to be part of your supply chain (or trading closely with them)
tedunangst 14y ago
But if those patents are part of necessary standards, they're required to license them to Apple. Apple is not required to license any of its UI patents to competitors.
andyman1080 14y ago
How are you equating standards essential 3G patents to software UI? They don't really have any correlation whatsoever.