$500 million ain't much considering the billions they've made selling iPhones with stolen IP. Pay up! And be glad you got away with a slap on the wrist
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Apple Ordered to Pay PanOptis $506 Million for Violating LTE Patents
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Nobody with a brain files in EDTX anymore. WDTX is where it's at now - Judge Albright loves patents and moves cases faster than the PTAB can kill patents. And in any case, as of TC Heartland you can't just file anywhere you want anymore.
That aside, the statistics actually don't show that EDTX favors plaintiffs in final outcomes. The judges there are just slightly less likely to dismiss cases prior to trial, but final outcomes are in line with the rest of the country.
How soon do you think corporations will start pulling out of these districts if this continues?
Amazing that you can come up with such a conclusion, having zero knowledge of what jurors heard.
Every district in the country applies the exact same law.
For starters, none of those things are patented, and even if they were, the point of patent law is to protect inventions and motivate new inventions. If you don't like that result then you should get the ball rolling on a Constitutional amendment.
They all have different procedures, timelines, etc. and produce statistically different results. And they don’t always apply the same law - there are many questions of patent law that vary from district to district - eventually these get resolved by the Federal Circuit or Supreme Court, but then there are always new differences.
Do you hear yourself? So a company takes apple to court and your argument is that they didn't know they were using someone's patent? So Apple fought them in court this whole time and still didn't realize that they were using someone's patent? At which point do you think the riches company in the world w/ tons of lawyers realize, hey, maybe someone own this?
When was the last time you served in a Jury. I've been in several cases over the last 30 years and the jury pool is getting worse and worse.
What are you talking about? Which statement that I made was wrong?
1) patent infringement does not require knowledge
2) infringing a patent is not “stealing.”
3) when you fight someone in court it doesn’t mean you “realize that [you] are using someone’s patent.” The whole point of fighting in court is because you have a basis to believe you are NOT infringing the patent, and, until a jury says otherwise, you are presumed to NOT be infringing.
I don't have near the knowledge to say whether the lawsuit was honest or not, all I know is that Apple must be a lawyer's haven. They are always either suing or getting sued. There should be some way to check this stuff prior to getting approval to sell. I'm not sure how it would work, but you'd think some independent body would help prevent patent infringement before it gets to this stage.
Aw...don't be silly now.
It is going to be at least $29.
I feel like there should be some kind of stipulation if you don't do something with a patent within a 10 year period (or some time reasonable time frame) you should lose your rights to it.
Well, I’d probably put mass murderers considerably ahead of them, but, yeah, patent trolls suck big time.
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You know it's a patent troll when the company doesn't even have a Wikipedia article.
Yeah I know they’re horrible , and that includes Apple as well
How about 20 years from the date you first file a patent application? (Keeping in mind that the actual patent might not issue for years after the application is filed)
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I think we should rename them “patent karens.”
They have a history of violating patents and counting on the gigantic piles of cash to dissuade the little fish from coming after them.
When apple sues a small business for a dissimilar , its called defending thier IP.
When another company sues apple and defends their Own IP, the company is called a patent troll.
Funny how that works.
Multinationals that think their wealth insulates them from obeying the law are worse.
Marshall Texas Patent Court.
In other news, PanOptis announced the world's first artificial snow ski resort "Mount Panoptis." The resort, opening summer 2021 in Marshall, Texas, is an engineering marvel as it is built on a man-made mountain not far from the Samsung outdoor Ice Skating Rink. The hollowed out mountain uses a complex refrigeration system (that PanOptis swears infringes on no patents whatsoever) to generate millions of tons of snow, even in the 100 degree summer heat of East Texas. When asked about the cost, a spokesman for PanOptis mumbled something about 50% of $406 million before quickly moving on to talk about their next lawsuit. Film at 11:00.
In other news, PanOptis announced the world's first artificial snow ski resort "Mount Panoptis." The resort, opening summer 2021 in Marshall, Texas, is an engineering marvel as it is built on a man-made mountain not far from the Samsung outdoor Ice Skating Rink. The hollowed out mountain uses a complex refrigeration system (that PanOptis swears infringes on no patents whatsoever) to generate millions of tons of snow, even in the 100 degree summer heat of East Texas. When asked about the cost, a spokesman for PanOptis mumbled something about 50% of $406 million before quickly moving on to talk about their next lawsuit. Film at 11:00.