Yes, Apple innovates but here's the thing, they are not the only one! For 15 years Nokia has been actively pushing cell phone boundaries, yet Apple is one of few phone manufactures who do NOT license Nokia's own 10 patents regarding GSM etc. These pattens are for battle tested technologies and NOT just for trolling/bullying. Look at one of Apple's patent claims "undervolting of the CPU to save battery" [http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6920574/fulltext.html]. Really? So Apple invented Ohm's law? Baaah.
This has nothing to do with HTC btw., Apple is obviously deadly scared of Google and is going after the low hanging fruit. /Casper On Mar 5, 9:51 pm, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to agree that in this case, there are clear innovations that are > probably protected by patent. They changed how you interact with a phone. If > the other carriers want the touch interface, they can try to license it from > Apple or create their own. The problem though is that the interface is > protected by copyright so you can't do something similar. How much different > do you have to be before you are not in jeopardy of infringing on one of the > patents? If the touch interface is the best way to interact with a computer, > then everyone else will go out of business and Apple wins. If there are > better ways, then people need to discover them and build them. Innovation is > great and patents encourage it by protecting the investments needed to make > the discovery. Patents also discourage innovation by making it difficult to > impossible to improve upon the state of the art. Does this mean that > improvements on the touch interface can only come from Apple because they > have the sole rights to it? > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Simon Brocklehurst <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > In the case of the iPhone, I think it's pretty clear there was a lot > > of true innovation going on there. The evidence is overwhelming.. The > > mobile phone industry had been going for years before iPhone. The day > > iPhone was announced, it changed that industry in huge ways. Today, > > it's obvious that people have been simply copying Apple's innovation > > (and not very well, at that). No reason why Apple doesn't deserve > > protection for their genuine innovations if they've patented them. > > > IMO, this is very different from the kind of "obvious" stuff that get > > patents awarded. So, the competition needs to invent around Apple's > > patents. That's an opportunity to leap-frog ahead of Apple, as > > opposed to just copying and playing catch-up. If the competition has > > no compelling ideas about how to get ahead of Apple, and no ability to > > execute those ideas, they deserve to go out of business. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Java Posse" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- > Robert Castowww.IWantFreeShipping.com > Find Amazon Filler Items easily! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" 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/javaposse?hl=en.
