How many lawsuits is AAPL currently juggling??? This is absurd. Having been from Rochester, NY I can tell you that the effects of Kodak's closing is horrendous on an already depressed economy. It's business, certainly, but why didn't AAPL sue before if this was an issue? Why now? Why at all???
Has Kodak really created anything in the last 10 years???
Has Kodak really created anything in the last 10 years???
So Apple should not respond to Kodak suing them?
At this point, why not just buy the patents out right? Note: honest question as I don't know how much they go for.
If the courts liquidate them, Apple will have a chance to do that, until then Apple can't just buy them.
Kick them when they're down.
Lets sue a dying corp.Lets do it for the LULZ
That is low.
I thought with the absence of steve jobs apple would become less of a douchey company, but its actually gotten worse.
nice to see apple turn into everything it was against.
Apple is ******** on its own good reputation. I left microsofts windows years ago for the same bad reputation apple is earning for itself nowadays. Looks like the future is Linux or qnx
Apple should just buyout Kodak, discontinue the entire line, consume all patents and sell the name. Done.
How many lawsuits is AAPL currently juggling??? This is absurd. Having been from Rochester, NY I can tell you that the effects of Kodak's closing is horrendous on an already depressed economy. It's business, certainly, but why didn't AAPL sue before if this was an issue? Why now? Why at all???
As a student who has lived his whole life in Rochester NY, location of Kodaks roots, it is sad to see this. While growing up, over half of my friends parents worked at Kodak, and my father was a Sr. Process Development Engineer for 30 years. We are the first generation from Rochester who won't be able to rely on Kodak for a career.
Let them be apple.
I never stated that, I do not know the specifics with regards to the lawsuits between Kodak and Apple. However, it is safe to assume with over $90 billion in cash reserves and Kodak trying to keep patents they can sell in order to pay off the [now unemployed] pensions and such of its low term employees, it seems more like a pissing contest than legitimate litigation. Apple is countersuing patents it claims were theirs (and why now?), and if they win Apple will gain little monetarily while taking away the livelihood of many. It's business, yes, I get it. I'm not a bleeding heart, but I also don't agree with it. Apple could easily walk away, whatever Kodak would get (if anything) would be a tear in a salty sea for Apple.
Aside from Kodak, how many other companies is Apple currently in litigation? I've lost count.
... Kodak could easily become the name of some thriving Korean or Japanese company looking for an identity, much like Phillips, Panasonic, Magnavox, Sharp and many other electronic companies sold out to the Japanese decades ago.
How many lawsuits is AAPL currently juggling??? This is absurd. Having been from Rochester, NY I can tell you that the effects of Kodak's closing is horrendous on an already depressed economy. It's business, certainly, but why didn't AAPL sue before if this was an issue? Why now? Why at all???
Lets sue a dying corp.Lets do it for the LULZ
I think Kodak has been suing Apple in the past, and is trying to use bankruptcy protection to avoid being countersued. In addition, if Apple does actually have the rights to this patent, then allowing Kodak to borrow money against the value of the patent, or to sell it, would create a really messy situation.
I was going to post those exact 5 words.
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I think it may be a move to protect Apple's interests - laying a claim so to speak before Kodak's IP is possibly snapped up by, or given to, someone else.
It comes to the point where I wonder if the PR department at Apple is starting to ask for some of these Lawsuits to stop. I understand that protecting the IP is definitely important, however are they factoring in the potential cost to their public image?
How many lawsuits is AAPL currently juggling??? This is absurd. Having been from Rochester, NY I can tell you that the effects of Kodak's closing is horrendous on an already depressed economy. It's business, certainly, but why didn't AAPL sue before if this was an issue? Why now? Why at all???
Has Kodak really created anything in the last 10 years???
Apple developed, with Kodak, one of the first digital camera, the QuickTake. One of Kodak's suit against Apple says they own that patent. Apple says they do. How the hell can't Apple respond?
I never stated that, I do not know the specifics with regards to the lawsuits between Kodak and Apple. However, it is safe to assume with over $90 billion in cash reserves and Kodak trying to keep patents they can sell in order to pay off the [now unemployed] pensions and such of its low term employees, it seems more like a pissing contest than legitimate litigation. Apple is countersuing patents it claims were theirs (and why now?), and if they win Apple will gain little monetarily while taking away the livelihood of many. It's business, yes, I get it. I'm not a bleeding heart, but I also don't agree with it. Apple could easily walk away, whatever Kodak would get (if anything) would be a tear in a salty sea for Apple.
Aside from Kodak, how many other companies is Apple currently in litigation? I've lost count.