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Apple Loses A7/A8 Patent Lawsuit, Could Owe University of Wisconsin Up to $862 Million
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As someone who lives in Wisconsin,
WHAT? This is all news to me.
WHAT? This is all news to me.
The point is not that people are forced to buy 16 GB devices. The point is that people are forced to pay $750 (for the 6s) to get a 'useable' amount of storage. If Apple offered a 32 GB Phone at $650, a lot of people who currently get the $750/64 GB model would get that. And every person doing so would probably reduce Apple's profits by $90 per phone sold.
University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin jury. Nah, I don't smell a rat.
They should be going after every modern processor if this is the case.
They should be going after every modern processor if this is the case.
US patent system has to be renovated. It doesn't protect companies doing business but trolls that are not doing anything.
There is an interesting twist in this: The European Commission might sue Ireland for illegal state aid to Apple. One person's tax law is another person's tax break or even subsidy.
No, not at all. No one is asking you to read the patent in question, but at least do society a favor by reading the short article at hand...
Edit- the quote at hand is supposedly a ~2 year old reference and a joke; intriguing
Universities are very much a business, as they have to pay expensive salaries, fund research facilities, provide grants, and keep campuses safe and up to code. They need to be above water to do that.
Are they going to produce whatever they patent? No, they're going to license it and use the money to put back into the university for further research and to fund scholarships.
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Sad but true
Not really that's not pocket change to anyone ( see above )
Pretty much! Judge must be an idiot, family/friend of the university or in their pocket
Tis sadly becoming a societal norm! Why couldn't they patent troll Samsung if they were looking for a target. Whelp guess the iPhone 7 7P 7S 7SP and 8 will be less spectacular than we had hoped and take a step back for the sake of Patent trolls
*sigh*
I best get Apple Care and a 6S while the good times and good devices last
I don't know, even reading info on this... I feel another cash grab cause it's apple situation. I am probably wrong but it just feels dodgy.
Kal.
Kal.
Right....
And Apple has "never ever" accused or sued anyone else for infringing on their patents.
They have $200 billion in cash, I'm sure they'll be fine, lol.
This is one of the things that bugs me about patents. I am sure the researchers came up with something IN THEORY. Apple actually created it! Whether they knew about the patent or not it's kind of silly how you can patent almost ANYTHING without ever having to CREATE it. There should be some kind of time limit on patents that says you have to actually PRODUCE the patent within a certain number of years or it expires. I am not necessary defending Apple but this kind of stuff happens a lot.
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One great consistency we can always count on: it's always the other guy at fault... even when a judge sides with them and against Apple. Apparently patent protections should only be valid when they are Apple's patents. Otherwise, all other patents should be invalid if Apple wants to use and profit from other people's patented hard work.
Can't we get someone to cue up: "Apple should just BUY the University of Wisconsin"? That usually pops by about page 3 with these patent issues.
And can't we get 3-5 someones to imply judge bribery or bias?
And 5-20 calls for invalidating this patent (though "rounded corners" and similar should be absolutely valid).
And then we need about 50+ calls for patent reform (which of course we don't do when Apple is on the winning end of a patent conflict; then it's "rah rah" and "die <other guy> die!").
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Next target will be Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Mediatek, TI, Nvidia, Samsung. Nobody can make multicore processor without the patent, if it's allowed. It shouldn't be a patent.
Completely different as Apple actually makes something with their patents vs this university that is a patent troll who makes nothing.
The link to the patent seems to be broken. I'd be curious to read more about it. "Table based data speculation circuit for parallel processing computer" sounds incredibly generic. Isn't that a cache?
Oh boy, here comes The Cheese Heads ................. When will the **** EVER stop??? Enough already.
................. When will the **** EVER stop??? Enough already.
Sounds like a standard used by many chipmakers, so this patent should be thrown out.
This lawsuit is of no consequence. With Apple's blistering pace of game changing innovation new profits will cover the award in short order.
My goodness, they have just announced a Magic Keyboard that can be charged by simply connecting a cable to a port - can you imagine that. Now I can charge the keyboard in two hours instead of fumbling around for 45 seconds inserting batteries that last for months. Plus the iMacs ship with some type of magical 5400 rpm storage device. Can'w wait to go out and buy more AAPL shares in the morning - it is trading $11 above where it was 3 years ago - ZOWIE !!!!!
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My goodness, they have just announced a Magic Keyboard that can be charged by simply connecting a cable to a port - can you imagine that. Now I can charge the keyboard in two hours instead of fumbling around for 45 seconds inserting batteries that last for months. Plus the iMacs ship with some type of magical 5400 rpm storage device. Can'w wait to go out and buy more AAPL shares in the morning - it is trading $11 above where it was 3 years ago - ZOWIE !!!!!
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No, he means he wishes he was of sufficient means to somehow get into a situation where he owed someone that much.
I'm confused, how would the university have made $862 million, if Apple hadn't used that patent? Isn't that what the amount is based on, as in the Samsung and Apple Lawsuit?
some of these patents are dumb and are too broad. why was this case done in wisconsin, is it possible some bribery took place?
Take away nearly 5% of my money and I wouldn't be fine. I'd live, but be upset.
