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Chinese AI Firm Wants Apple to Stop iPhone Production Over Patent Infringement Claims
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China has even cloned major European cities.
10000 to 1 this company most likely stole the technology to begin with. That's the CCP model. Steal from people who actually create and develop stuff then take credit and sue over it. Apple should get out of China ASAP.
This is about one specific company vs another specific company hence I recommend you leave your prejudices at the front door.
Chinese companies buying stuff is also irrelevant to the discussion, all companies have a tendency of buying others where they can - that’s part of capitalism.
Laughable is the fake entitlement when a company from a country one doesn’t like makes use of the legal system in said country.
If United States corporations are stupid enough to do business/manufacturing in China they deserve to have all their intellectual property's/patents stolen by the Chinese government. It is not a secret that China does not respect IP.
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., trading asFoxconn Technology Group and better known as Foxconn, is a Taiwanese multinational electronicscontract manufacturer with its headquarters in Tucheng, New Taipei City, Taiwan. In 2010, it was the world's largest provider of electronics manufacturing services[3] and the third-largest technology companyby revenue.[4] While headquartered in Taiwan, the company is the largest private employer in Mainland China and one of the largest employers worldwide.[5][6] Terry Gou is the company founder and former chairman.
In these situations the “winner” of the lawsuit is easy to determine. Who enhances and/or enriches the reputation of the Party the most? That’s who will win.
Who in their right minds would want to copy the overwhelming success of Siri 😂
This is what we call deflection or "turning the tables". It's a strategy to change the subject or divert attention away from the rampant corporate espionage and legalized stealing of technology that has built China for the last 50 years. China would be better just saying thank you and moving on.
I wish Apple would just kill off Siri and create an API for third party voice assistant's to use.
This is interesting to wonder how this unknown chinese company can try to get banned Apple from China based on the idea that a less-than-secondary feature might infringe its technology ... SIRI is not an important feature for the iPhone (or at least this is what I believe) and SIRI is from far not the most advanced vocal assistant on the market ...
But now, we're talking about China which is not a Democratic country, so it is also possible that this company is related to the government and is seeking to put pressure on Apple or more generally on US Industries, something like "look ! if you keep acting in Asia-Pacific area, we can manage to make lives of your companies like hell, or we can even close this giant market to your companies ..."
After all, EU and US managed to get some chinese tech companies out of their market for security reasons (which was wise to my point of view) but china can also manage to get US and EU companies out of China based on "legal" stories.
That's how geopolitics works ...
But now, we're talking about China which is not a Democratic country, so it is also possible that this company is related to the government and is seeking to put pressure on Apple or more generally on US Industries, something like "look ! if you keep acting in Asia-Pacific area, we can manage to make lives of your companies like hell, or we can even close this giant market to your companies ..."
After all, EU and US managed to get some chinese tech companies out of their market for security reasons (which was wise to my point of view) but china can also manage to get US and EU companies out of China based on "legal" stories.
That's how geopolitics works ...
I would not be too cocky here. After WW2 Japan was copying a lot to catch up with the western industry. But eventually they lead innovation.
This is what I was always worried about with all the companies moving production to Asia. To produce they need to understand these things and in the end they have the daily insight and innovate themselves.
And why shouldn’t they she’s in AI?
But stopping the hardware when software is the problem is ridiculous
It’s Taiwanese. Obviously. 🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼
Taiwan is so far ahead of China it’s in a different league.
It's important for China to protect the intellectual property of its upstanding companies so that other countries don't unfairly profit off of their innovations such as a digital assistant as capable as Siri
Now that I think about it actually Siri works as well on average as every Chinese product I've ever purchased
Now that I think about it actually Siri works as well on average as every Chinese product I've ever purchased
The cost to ship all of the materials to the US would increase the cost of Apple products exponentially. It will never happen.
The patent in question is a US patent. Just like a U.S. company can have Chinese patents, so, too, can Chinese companies have US patents. And when a U.S. company with a Chinese patent sues a Chinese company, in China, for infringing that patent, the winning percentage is more or less the same as the reverse case.