The rest of the world did not patent it though.
Square with rounded corners.."because the rest of the world didn't think about that idea."
"And boy have we patented it!" S.J.
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Apple Ordered to Pay $85 Million in Royalties to WiLan in Patent Infringement Case
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Square with rounded corners.."because the rest of the world didn't think about that idea."
"And boy have we patented it!" S.J.
Wish our patent system was more like Germany; patent granted after working prototype shown doing what patent claims.
nope, many phones were NOT able to do that, I guess apple too at start. It needs special tech!
Apple even patents design like already existing curves - so rethink
That’s not how it works in Germany. You can get patents there the same way as here.
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Apple licenses patents without being sued.
Zero sympathy when just before this article you have one about Apple laughing that their sociopath negotiator uses Apple's market position to push other companies to the brink of collapse in securing the most profitable deals
Not that easy, this suit has taken over 10 years, that’s a lot of up front litigation money from the accusing side, if wiLan is that small of a company no way they can keep up with the retainer fee
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I hope that nobody gets a patent for breathing and walking at the same time, or we are all in trouble.
sounds like another lawsuit mill thing
85M at stake
thought aapl legal team could defend this
wonder what salary the lawyers are making
85M at stake
thought aapl legal team could defend this
wonder what salary the lawyers are making
If you think think you need credentials to hold a valid opinion then sports are going to blow your mind.
I don't understand the thinking of people who read a brief story like this and without knowing the legal and technical details simply assume that the company suing Apple is sleazy because Apple can do no wrong. Isn't Apple equally aggressive in defending their patents? Apple even patented the glass staircase that's in their stores. I'm sure if some other company did something close to that they would hear from Apple's lawyers.
Congratulations.
That’s the most outrageous lie I’ve ever seen posted here (and that’s REALLY saying something!). =)
Lol, even if that were Apple’s policy (it isn’t)... certainly of all people to realize information like that would be damning to Apple & should NOT be made public, it would be Apple’s “lead lawyer”, yeah?
Yet that’s who you claim said that, a decade ago?
Show me the quote & I’ll humbly apologize.
Otherwise- please stop.
It’s difficult to win attorneys’ fees in a patent lawsuit.
Yes, Apple will likely appeal. The judge may, on his own, reduce the damages as well, since he already hinted that he thinks the number should be far smaller.
I invent something, patent my invention, get paid for it, or I can sell it to a company (your patent troll), why shouldn't they make money out of it???!!!
Why should they? Patenting exists to ensure your work is protected but if you have no plans to actually use the patent and simply try and sue other companies that may or may not infringe it then that’s just immoral. I know businesses are generally morally bankrupt by nature anyway but you’d hope some may see sense in what they’re doing.
Ummm.... you can’t see how this stifles innovation & new products??
Imagine you are NOT Apple, with super deep pockets to pay these clowns- so, a small company that has ideas they want to struggle to bring to fruition & offer genuine products to people should be able to be blocked and decimated because some lame company bought up a bunch of patents that they’re sitting on with no intention of ever creating anything.... waiting for someone else to do all the work, then pounce and demand the profits of their work?
Ok. Sounds like the consumers lose, the scrappy company trying to offer us something new would lose- the only winner would be... you guessed it, the patent troll.
I’m glad that at least they’re getting caught up for years fighting to to get this money- which, to me, seems like blatant extortion.
Your analogy crashed miles from the landing strip...
More like- what if Apple had never had a construction project in their history, had no intention of EVER pursuing the building of a “floating” glass staircase, but purchased the patent from someone who thought of the exact manner how that would be done, then sat around for years, hoping that some builders somewhere would design such a thing, so they could swoop in & demand a paycheck.
It’s easy to make judgement calls in these instances because no technical expertise is required!
The only pertinent information is the fact that only one of the parties has no interest in, nor ability to bring anything to market- and literally only exists for the purpose of manipulating the legal system w/ regards to patents, & making money off of others’ work, having done none themselves, beyond hiring lawyers.
Those are the ones that are “in the wrong”.
Any further legal or technical details are posturing-; that’s the nuts & bolts, and plenty enough to form an opinion on the situation.
I think mine is clear.
It’s not square, it’s a rectangle. But hard to sell a phone that is a square with rounded corners. It’s a design patent, not a utility patent. Steve Jobs was talking about utility patents. And Samsung has a design patent for a rectangular phone shape with rounded corners as well.
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You are talking about Samsung and their rectangle-with-rounded corners design patent for Galaxy phones?