Then you and I are in complete agreement here, Stan. I don't doubt the
jury's decision or the trial itself. I simply try to look wider than
specific feud between two big companies.
I don't 100% share your sentiment about "won ... through good ideas" as
I am sure not all their practices were 100% holy. But that's beside the
point.
On 8/26/2012 8:00 AM, Stan Halpin wrote:
Boris, I totally agree that the patent system needs adjustment. The
absurd notion that human DNA disease-markers can be patented is an
indication that the system needs major overhaul. But in the meantime,
the rules say that you shouldn't copy others' work. Apple is the
underdog here. They are the small corporation that had a string of
good ideas, protected those ideas with patents as allowed for under
the current system, and profited from their good ideas (iPod, iPhone,
iPad). They are are now being treated as though they were Microsoft.
Microsoft won dominance of the OS market through very questionable
marketing practices; Apple won dominance of everything else through
good ideas. Samsung and other scumsuckers are merely trying to copy
whatever is the current successful product in hopes that it will
earn them more quick dollars than it will cost them in legal fees and
settlements.
stan
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