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Apple don't play this game and they have key patents
by msoad 13y ago
Apple don't play this game and they have key patents
- josteink 13y agoApple started this war. They are the original billion-dollar patent troll of the mobile industry. If you're supporting them, you are by proxy supporting and funding patent-trolling and global abuse of software-patents. Apple are the reason others have to resolve to (bad) means like this. I'd hardly call them out as an example to follow.
- belgianguy 13y agoRockstar Bidco, owned by Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson and Blackberry. They use this legal vehicle to create shell companies armed with ex-Nortel patents to attack Android manufacturers and Google itself. So they (Apple) very much play this game, and this evolution can be seen as a response to the threat that Rockstar Bidco poses. Software patents are bad all around: given their infantile lifespan they sure have caused a lot of trouble already and their offensive usage will really hamper anyone not protected by a big company.