On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 01:53:03 -0800 (PST) Anguel wrote: > On the > other hand, as a small company I am really afraid to starting > development of Android accessories just to find out that Apple gets a > patent and stops other people from communicating between accessories > and smart devices. They even list Android, Blackberry and WebOS in > their patent as possible smartphones. I also notice that only Apple > has issued such patent applications.
The patents are almost always invalid for prior art, obviousness, or too general reasons, the real problem is that you are right to be concerned because you can get almost any patent granted in America. It's left to the judges to throw them out and some in Texas seem to be either hand-shakers or simply dumb. Meanwhile large companies can prevent small companies from competing. OTOH this is only likely to happen once you are a reasonably sized player, Suing lots of small companies into bankruptcy, I would have thought would seriously affect the Apple brand. Though I guess the conditions the devices are built under have no effect, but maybe that's because that's out of sight for most consumers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
