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"Smartphones wouldn’t look anything like they do today if Apple hadn’t created the iPhone back in 2007, and for that we can be grateful." We don't have to be '

• lloeki 14y ago
  > I just don't see why apple needs protection considering how hugely profitable they are. Because you can't have a double standard. Why would Apple not deserve protection and why other players should? Size? Profit? Would you want more of a patent system if it had a clause invalidating a patent past some profit made on this patent? I for one would rather see the patent system go down, because it's supposed to push competitors to innovate, when in reality it pushes competitors to work around, which is completely counter-productive: instead of swimming along the current of innovation, everyone has to battle to swim against it.