On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Josh Berry <[email protected]> wrote:
> Meant to include this lovely gem from that article: > > "I've got to believe that if HTC had been thinking clearly about > patents, there are a lot of fundamental mobile inventions it could > have patented. Then it would have had a big enough patent portfolio > to force a cross-licensing deal with Apple." > > Seriously? That is the solution that is seen to the current fiasco? > If they had developed better offensive patent portfolios, they > potentially wouldn't be in as much trouble? > > Talk about blaming some victims. How in the happy hell does that > actually benefit anybody? > It doesn't. Nobody disputes that, and that's absolutely not the point of the paragraph you quoted. He was just giving an example of how to play the patent warfare game, and blaming HTC for not understanding its rules. It's like telling a kid at school that he needs to fight back if he doesn't want to be bullied, but it's not an endorsement of bullying. -- Cédric -- 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.
