Advanced

Even WSJ readership thinks this is ludicrous

Story: Apple Ruling Hits Android Total Replies: 5
Author Content
BernardSwiss

Dec 20, 2011
8:43 PM EST 		Going by the comment section attached to the article, even the Wall Street Journal's readership sees these patents as trivial, old news (ie. pre-existing art), and yet another sign that the patent system (at least regarding software) is badly broken.
helios

Dec 21, 2011
5:54 AM EST 		And THIS is where the weight of an outdated patent system is going to be felt. I get the impression that the US courts will tolerate this lawsuit nonsense for eternity. But when you start screwing with the consumer and what she wants, then it might start making a difference. I just hope HTC won't roll over like the rest of the manufacturers. Apple needs girl-slapped into reality.
gus3

Dec 21, 2011
8:49 AM EST 		I doubt that too, helios. Nobody stopped the illegal car warranty robo-calls a couple years ago, until they called a legislator's phone. That's what got them shut down, not the tens of thousands of complaints like mine that the FCC got.
JaseP

Dec 21, 2011
9:50 AM EST 		Yep you have to buy, or tick off, a high ranking politico to get anything done any more ...
BernardSwiss

Dec 21, 2011
7:13 PM EST 		What I was try to suggest (admittedly rather obliquely) is that even "pro-business" folk are starting to sneer at the current US Patents situation.

I wonder how high up the hierarchy this understanding penetrates, and what it might signify in the longer term.
JaseP

Dec 22, 2011
10:03 AM EST 		Buy a scale (like the "Lady justice" kind), and weigh the money from one side against the money from the other, ... and that's how to determine when things will change.

Post a reply to this thread:

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post