If that lawsuit is the reason for you purchase decision, and you want to be consistent, you should stop using the following products and services: 1. Microsoft Windows, Office,... 2. Google products (gmail, search, maps, youtube, ..) 3. Amazon.com store 4. Samsung ... 5. Sony ... and of many other big companies.
I suspect that except some small companies, all big giants file lawsuites on a regular basis. You may argue that the patent and more generally IP (intellectual property) protection system is broken, but can you really blame the players for using those rules to their advantage (or protection)? I also don't understand what's wrong with the fact that it is done in the US? What's wrong with that? You are quoting that phrase, so I guess you might understand it. Do you? Without any additional corroboration, it is a pointless statement. There could be many reasons why it is done the way it is done, starting from how the patent was filed, where Sankar is going to distribute their Polaroid cameras, and ending with just a strategy of filing the lawsuit in one locality first, and not everywhere at the same time. Igor Tue Oct 15 17:06:40 EDT 2013 Aahz Maruch wrote: http://www.sansmirror.com/newsviews/protection-by-lawsuit.html Nikon today announced in a press release that they are suing Sakar--who makes and markets Polaroid cameras amongst a number of other branded products--in the US for infringement of design patent. The critical things in that sentence are "in the US" and "design patent." That makes me disinclined to get a P7800... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
