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Apple Settles AirPods Patent Dispute With Koss to Avoid Trial
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Brazil's Prosecutor General Sides With Apple in Long-Running 'iPhone' Trademark Dispute
The Brazilian Supreme Court has issued a favorable opinion to Apple in a long-running dispute over the exclusive use of the iPhone brand in the...
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You referring to that?
Wait until you see some extreme ego from someone that says Apple should just buy Koss.
One of the conditions of filing a lawsuit should be disclosure of settlement terms.
It's not like we'd learn more, but we'd hear less about lawsuits that aren't going anywhere.
I hate silly patents that others use to sue Apple. It's damaging to innovation.
this thread = "its not infringement if my favorite company does it"
Apple is just as bad with their legal aggression and ridiculous patent applications.
Pretty damaging to innovation when a small fish comes up with an innovation but the big fish gets all of the economic reward
Prepare to be attacked. You know that to many here Apple can do no wrong, and anyone suing is a money-grabbing patent troll that only wants a slice of the apple pie.
This is the most real-life type of answer. Patent law is a special fish in the legal sea. Not always do you use the patents you file for, but you still file if you have something new, so no one else can use it without licensing it.The Eastern District of Texas court system, along with the European Union parliament, would disagree with that.
Seriously, I get what you are saying in that the deck is stacked in Apple's favor and eventually the cost of their legal team working on the case outweighs just paying off the defendant to make them go away, but that does not automatically mean the defendant's case always has full merit and Apple is always fully in the wrong, which so often seems to be the opinion of many in these cases.
Often there are so many similarities and yet subtle differences that it really is difficult to prove or disprove, and rather than going to trial, it is financially better to settle than pay more in attorney fees and worse, punitive damages, if any.
TL;DR settling in a civil/patent lawsuit has very little to do with guilt or innocence.
Actually yes because the fines they dole out are absolutely nothing. It would be like giving us a $10 ticket.
That’s one way to spin it, lol. They settle everything because it’s cheaper than paying to license the patents.
I believe I said this before: there are billions of people in the world and any two or more people can and will come up with similar ideas.
Bridges are a good example: they pretty much do the same thing but so many different styles.
Apple might have talked to these guys about their patients - then realized how ****** they were compared to what Apple was already developing in-house or Apple felt they could do better by building a similar system from the ground up. The end result might look the same, but what processes did each company take to get there.
Bridges are a good example: they pretty much do the same thing but so many different styles.
Apple might have talked to these guys about their patients - then realized how ****** they were compared to what Apple was already developing in-house or Apple felt they could do better by building a similar system from the ground up. The end result might look the same, but what processes did each company take to get there.
Are you actually trying to suggest they’re not??? 😂
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That only applies to Brazil homie. Not the earthBrazil's Prosecutor General Sides With Apple in Long-Running 'iPhone' Trademark Dispute
The Brazilian Supreme Court has issued a favorable opinion to Apple in a long-running dispute over the exclusive use of the iPhone brand in the...
You referring to that?
