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> The market is broader than just the end-users of phones. Share markets, patents, deals with collaborators (such as network operators, music companies), and br
by gibwell 13y ago
> The market is broader than just the end-users of phones. Share markets, patents, deals with collaborators (such as network operators, music companies), and bribes (mostly in less developed countries) are just as much a part of the market as end-users.
Please explain how any of this applies to Apple's business. At it stands it sounds like innuendo.
- lake99 13y agoI wasn't talking specifically of Apple here. I was talking about the ways in which markets may have nothing to do with end-users. > Apple are doing nothing different from their competitors with regard to patents. This is absolutely wrong. Some companies are more aggressive than others when it comes to abusing patent, trade dress, and copyright laws. How many trade dress lawsuits have you seen Samsung, LG, HTC, etc. initiate against Apple? In the recent past, a handful of Apple's patents were invalidated because of prior art. How many companies filed lawsuits against Apple when iPhone implemented these features?
- babesh 13y agoMany: Samsung, Motorola, Nokia, etc... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-14/nokia-apple-payments-to-nokia-settle-all-litigation.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-14/nokia-apple-payment... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._litigation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._litigation
- lake99 13y agoI guess you haven't seen http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/02/if-android-is-a-stolen-product-then-so-was-the-iphone/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/02/if-android-is-a-s... or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Prada#iPhone_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_Prada#iPhone_controversy Like I said, some companies are more aggressive than others. Odd that you mentioned Samsung.
- gibwell 13y agoSo the thing about markets was just innuendo.
- lake99 13y agoPlease explain how you conclude that.