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It's not patent trolling if you sue based on patents you implemented in your own products either. That's the whole point of the patent system, dammit. I don't
by hcarvalhoalves 13y ago
It's not patent trolling if you sue based on patents you implemented in your own products either. That's the whole point of the patent system, dammit.
I don't think you know what patent trolling means, neither how patents work.
- raylu 13y agoClick this patent[1]. Click "Original document". Tell me with a straight face that this is not patent trolling. They patented "the ornamental design for an electronic device" which is a "thin rectangular cuboid with rounded corners"[2]. Tell me with a straight face this is the point of the patent system. [1] http://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=USD504889S http://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=USD... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electronics_Co.,_Ltd.#U.S._courts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electroni...
- hcarvalhoalves 13y agoThis is an industrial design patent, and there are many like that. [1] Try coping the Coke bottle and you´ll be sued. Try coping the iPhone and you´ll be sued. Simple. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent You do not understand the term "patent trolling". Give up.
- raylu 13y agoSo you _do_ think that this is a valid, enforceable patent that represents how the system _should_ work?