Originally Posted by Roush:
“Whist I don't agree with some of the things Apple litigates over, their behaviour is above board and they are well within their rights to protect their intellectual property.
Microsoft are doing exactly the same, the only difference being the strategies they are pursuing. Microsoft is actively looking for licensing opportunities whereas Apple wants exclusive use of their IP. This is entirely their prerogative, and their right.
It's actually Samsung (and to a lesser extent Motorola) that are engaging in underhand patent litigation strategies. They are suing Apple in several countries over 3G patents which have been FRAND pledged, and the European Competition Commission are currently considering whether or not Samsung's use of FRAND pledged patents should be the subject of a full scale anti-trust investigation.
In one case, a French court recently dismissed a Samsung case against the iPhone 4S after it was revealed that Qualcomm, who make the 4S baseband chip, already license the patents in question from Samsung so Apple are already licensed and Samsung never had a case at all.”
Hang on a second lol
Are you telling us here that Apple are the victims in all these lawsuits they are flinging about and Samsung and Motorola are the culprits?!!! Haha!
They believed it hadn't been licensed properly and apple had agreed a settlement to which they disagree on.
However, that does not take away the fact apple are a lying, manipulative, hideous company who fabricate photos to have a rivals products taken off sale. That is disgusting behavior. They also have the cheek to pinch LG's form factor for a large touch screen phone then make one of their own and sue anyone else who dares to make a phone with a large touchscreen.
Samsung this year came out with a belter of a phone, the S2 knocking apple off its perch. What did apple do? Ah yes, they cried saying it looked like an iphone which every sane person knows it doesn't and sued
Are you still going to sit there and tell us its all above board?