Stupid jury kills innovation/competition and hands Apple a monopoly

[kain_kusanagi]

disolitude said:

kain_kusanagi said:

disolitude said:

WTF are you people talking about?

Do some research and look at the phones which were sued and patents that Apple sued them with. Looking at the phones in question, Samsung "willingly" copied the Iphone and its features.

People that know me know that I don't like Apple but I hate seeing lack of common sense.

 

The pictured devices are different in many ways. Similar yes, copy no. You can't patent look and feel. At least that used to be the case. Now there's a precedent that gives companies the ability to crush their competition by showing a picture like what you posted.

You want to make smartphones? Make your own design, UI, and feel. I don't have a problem with that.

Also Samsung infringed on Apples '381 bounceback patent and '915 pinch to zoom patent...but that's every android phone. Maybe its time for Google to license some Microsoft and Apple patents before they offer android to OEMs? Let's see if they can do that and still keep it "free".

Are you realling going to tell me that you feel "pinch to zoom" should have ever even gotten a pattent let alone be exclusive? What if ID software patented FPS? What if Nintendo patented side scrolling? What if Xerox patented the GUI and the mouse?

The foundation of innovation has always been taking something and making it better. Every time you do that you end up with a similar product. "Pinch to Zoom" is no more patentable than "Drag and drop" which Apple sued MS for and lost.

You can't patent look and feel, but apparently you can fool a stupid jury into thinking you can.