Really? Just throwing Microsoft into the mix to prove whatever point you are talking about?
MiOF (Mind is Officially Blown).
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Apple Asking for $16M in Legal Fees After Samsung Patent Victory, Has Paid Lawyers More Than $60M
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Really? Just throwing Microsoft into the mix to prove whatever point you are talking about?
MiOF (Mind is Officially Blown).
Ummm, they invested $100m to receive a JUDGEMENT of about $800m and is going to get some of the $100m back, to boot. 800m/60m = 1333% return. Their $150B in cash averages 2.5%.
Apple keeps saying their lawsuits are "not about the money".
That's like their claims that they don't design products for the money.
The main goal might not be the money, but they sure ask for as much as they can.
That's like their claims that they don't design products for the money.
The main goal might not be the money, but they sure ask for as much as they can.
Losers have this exact mindset of being jealous on others success
No one is stopping you from being a rich bast... (I mean lawyer)
I wouldn't say I'm jealous, just noticing that they can indeed be really rich! I could never be a lawyer but I can see why so many people want to be one.
I used to spend a lot of time socializing with some top New York City lawyers.
Interestingly, every one of them hated their job (even though it paid extremely well).
The reason was that they had chosen that profession thinking that they'd spend their time helping people and changing the world for the better, but instead spent all their time doing research and filling out billing sheets.
Come to think of it though, that kind of thing happens with many professions.
A Pyrrhic victory.
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Being a lawyer does sound boring. It's not quite like Phoenix Wright.
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Microsoft is doing well. One of the largest corporations.
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Being a lawyer does sound boring. It's not quite like Phoenix Wright.
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Microsoft is doing well. One of the largest corporations.
Microsoft was already more successful than apple with DOS because they didn't copy apple into the hardware game and licensed their software to be used with computers made by anyone. Microsoft are successful because they created a business model that didn't copy apple.
Also apple and Microsoft copied the GUI from Xerox. Apple just put it on the market first.
Apple: stop worrying about getting money from Samsung and instead focus on getting Samsung displays in all of your mobile devices. Sharp and LG screens suck. You NEED Samsung.
I'm the same way with the higher paid professional athletes. Play for a season or 2 and call it good.
That's what you say now, but once you have a mountain of gold, you'll only want another.
Who commissions lawyers? You can blame them all you like, but who do you think is hiring them? I would suggest your sentiments are simply misplaced. It sounds like you don't like what they were hired to do.
Where would Apple be if they didn't steal the GUI from Xerox?
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Cool story bro!
Really? Just throwing Microsoft into the mix to prove whatever point you are talking about?
Did you mean "MiOB"?
Sad how much money is wasted in crap like this that could go to better causes. You would think people would get that.
*sigh*.
IMO Google and Samsung should pay Apple a fee rather than digging thei heels in and going to the supreme court over BS.
Such a waste and it doesn't deter them because all it does is ban some old phone models. The S4 will continue to make more than 1 billion off Apple's patents with no penalty.