-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/5/10 22:16 , Casper Bang wrote: > 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. Reading Simon's email, I don't agree that is "pretty clear" that Apple did something innovative, but I only acknowledge that there are high chances. To be sure, I'd like to see evidences, as I think that much of what Apple has been recently doing is innovation at the marketing level; for sure there are innovative solutions in the iPhone hardware, but it's not automatic that other manufacturers needed to use the very same solutions (unless we're talking Ohm's law). The fact that in the middle of the 20 and more patents listed in the sue there is at least some bullshit (I mean, perfectly valid from the legal point of view, but bullshit for the common sense) doesn't help Apple's reputation. I'd like that some expert blogger reviewed the list and separate the valid points from the noise.
In any case, I fully agree with Casper that most of patents are planned just for retaliation purposes. It's an area where a legal reform would be needed, as to me it's just another bubble (for lawyers). - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuRfMsACgkQeDweFqgUGxfBygCfQTJabBouRlaH3WFN3LKnmVGe +HUAoKp+Yg5np+sx7a0boUrI/Vg68xit =Gt8A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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.
