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So I was reading about how Apple is getting away with suing everybody in todays tech world and filing injunctions and winning, And I found out something disturbing. Essentially Apple has been for years filing bogus securities so that they can go after (in atleast the European Union) anybody that makes a product that can be an electronic device and profitable. Read the report below. This all comes after the evidence that apple for years has been falsifying Patent suits against other companies.
http://www.osnews.com/story/25056/The_Community_Design_and_you_Thought_the_USPTO_Was_Bad/page1/
Tell me what you think.
Apple = 8===D obviously. I really hope they get OWNED by the FTC someday.
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dragonstalker said:
So I was reading about how Apple is getting away with suing everybody in todays tech world and filing injunctions and winning, And I found out something disturbing. Essentially Apple has been for years filing bogus securities so that they can go after (in atleast the European Union) anybody that makes a product that can be an electronic device and profitable. Read the report below. This all comes after the evidence that apple for years has been falsifying Patent suits against other companies.
http://www.osnews.com/story/25056/The_Community_Design_and_you_Thought_the_USPTO_Was_Bad/page1/
Tell me what you think.
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Patent trolling aside, it doesn't surprise me at all that a company like apple would fudge numbers and make bogus claims in an attempt to bolster their sales and/or reputation as well as hurt competition... All major corporations do this, however it pisses me off to see the crap they're pulling in the EU with samsung products
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I have no problem with disliking Apple -- there are plenty of good reasons to -- but sweeping generalizations about the users of any product, like saying "only derps use Apple", are not only wrong, but offensive.
Some people simply want to buy something, turn it on, and have it work. For those less-technically-inclined people, iOS is perfect. My mother is very intelligent but simply older and not adept with computers and so iOS serves her needs much better than Android. That doesn't make her, or anyone else, a derp or an idiot.
Generalizing millions of people like that, on the other hand, does make you a douchebag.
Falcyn said:
I have no problem with disliking Apple -- there are plenty of good reasons to -- but sweeping generalizations about the users of any product, like saying "only derps use Apple", are not only wrong, but offensive.
Some people simply want to buy something, turn it on, and have it work. For those less-technically-inclined people, iOS is perfect. My mother is very intelligent but simply older and not adept with computers and so iOS serves her needs much better than Android. That doesn't make her, or anyone else, a derp or an idiot.
Generalizing millions of people like that, on the other hand, does make you a douchebag.
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Falcyn said:
I have no problem with disliking Apple -- there are plenty of good reasons to -- but sweeping generalizations about the users of any product, like saying "only derps use Apple", are not only wrong, but offensive.
Some people simply want to buy something, turn it on, and have it work. For those less-technically-inclined people, iOS is perfect. My mother is very intelligent but simply older and not adept with computers and so iOS serves her needs much better than Android. That doesn't make her, or anyone else, a derp or an idiot.
Generalizing millions of people like that, on the other hand, does make you a douchebag.
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when you mention it like that you're right sir and I apologize... I just go into such a frenzy when it comes to apple and their products that I rant...
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anoninja118 said:
Patent trolling aside, it doesn't surprise me at all that a company like apple would fudge numbers and make bogus claims in an attempt to bolster their sales and/or reputation as well as hurt competition... All major corporations do this, however it pisses me off to see the crap they're pulling in the EU with samsung products
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Some of the things Apple has been doing lately is disturbing. SMH!!!
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Steve Jobs is the Devil!
There are fans of Apple products and then there are "fanboys".
Piercing Heavens said:
There are fans of Apple products and then there are "fanboys".
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Yeah that die hards that no matter what apple is the best products on the market.
dragonstalker said:
Yeah that die hards that no matter what apple is the best products on the market.
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That leave us all facepalming...
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Apple is playing the game, son.
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Wtf
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Rip. He was a helluva entrepreneur, innovator and a tribute to the American dream. I didn't like apple products but you have to respect what he did.
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Earlier when I was ranting about apple a almost wished death on him. Wtf? I'm glad I didn't write that. Weird though really weird
Funny, I was going to post this here but I honestly thought it would be full of Samsung fan boys lol
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Fanboy or not you can't deny he made some great products that changed everything we do
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Well, we hate apple as a company. But as a person, Steve Jobs is one of the finest world has ever produced.
RIP, Apple has just lost THE A MAN!
diablo009 said:
Well, we hate apple as a company. But as a person, Steve Jobs is one of the finest world has ever produced.
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Exactly, agreed.
Wow I thought this was just some kind have joke when you first posted it based on that the iphone 4s looks to be a flop.... rip, I don't think anybody who knows anything about technology can actually say the iphones are all garbage, they just are not android. End story!
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Wow - that's sad. RIP.
Well androids creators are still alive + 1 for android rip though sj
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diablo009 said:
Well, we hate apple as a company. But as a person, Steve Jobs is one of the finest world has ever produced.
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Denied paternity of one of his daughters and stopped all Apple philanthropic causes? Let's stick with 'he was a great innovator' and it's a shame he died so young.
Loss of a Great Man
If it wasn't for Steve, we wouldn't be here on the portal talking about how kick ass our Infuse is. We'd be talking about how cool the Motorolla Razer 5 is and wishing there was a way to post to our facebook page without our Laptops.
We may hate what Apple does but we must thank them for what they do. Without Steve Jobs, smartphone would be limited to the Blackberry. Steve made smartphones cool!
RIP Steve, we love you.
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Denied paternity of one of his daughters and stopped all Apple philanthropic causes? Let's stick with 'he was a great innovator' and it's a shame he died so young.
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Well, I was restricting myself to only his achievements, cos its not good to talk bad abt a person who is no more.
diablo009 said:
Well, we hate apple as a company. But as a person, Steve Jobs is one of the finest world has ever produced.
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Well stated.
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tx240sx said:
If it wasn't for Steve, we wouldn't be here on the portal talking about how kick ass our Infuse is. We'd be talking about how cool the Motorolla Razer 5 is and wishing there was a way to post to our facebook page without our Laptops.
We may hate what Apple does but we must thank them for what they do. Without Steve Jobs, smartphone would be limited to the Blackberry. Steve made smartphones cool!
RIP Steve, we love you.
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True!
How sad.
Cancer sucks.
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andrawer said:
How sad.
I've used Apple products since 1989 to write software when they were a low life company. I think it was awesome that he brought Apple from a tiny company to finally kick Microsoft's butt. What talent.
Cancer sucks.
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Kick Microsoft's butt in what market? Definitely not enterprise, nor PC. I'd give you tablet, phone, mp3 player but that's it.
anycard said:
Kick Microsoft's butt in what market? Definitely not enterprise, nor PC. I'd give you tablet, phone, mp3 player but that's it.
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I agree. It didn't even become hack worthy until recently! Only thing it excelled is in portable media players.
Definitely am not too happy about this news, as much as i always talked trash about their products, he sure was one hell of a genius and had a creative mind.
RIP to another great innovator, **** CANCER!
I find myself pretty upset about this news tonight. I've moved on to my Infuse and Android but I have owned 2 iPhones and 4 iPod and they are amazing products.
Without the genius of Steve Jobs this world would be a much different place.
RIP Steve, Thank you for all you did for us.
Google sue themselves.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15212599
Well, OK, not quite, but they're bankrolling a company which Motorola Mobility is being sued by.
Thats rediculous and moronic and another reason why patent trolling should be reigned in. If you do not have the ability or intention to produce what is describled in your patents then you should not be able to patent them. There should be a timeframe in which patents become obsolete if not acted upon by the patenting person/company. If a company doesn't have the ablity to produce a patent, they can contract or license it out to maintain its validity, but if its proven to be an impractical abstract idea or beyond the technological or practical abilities of the time, the patent should be thrown out. Thats my 2c anyway.
Patent trolls are the worst. What Microsoft and Apple are doing is already bad, but at least those two have actual products. Patent trolls though... yuck. I especially love how they talk about "our intellectual property". Yeah, cos it's so very yours when you didn't even come up with it, you bought it!
Oh, and how I wish news outlets would stop referring to Florian Mueller as a "patent expert".
It would be interesting if corporate patents couldn't be transferred, only licensed, so if a company stops trading it's patents become open.
LMAO!
Motorola is being sued in a patent row by a company partly bankrolled by Google - which wants to buy Motorola.
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best news ever
I agree.That's rediculous and moronic and another reason why patent trolling should be reigned in.
No wonder "Neither Motorola Mobility nor Google has commented on the case".
Software patents are causing more harm than good.
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You know what's really ridiculous? Misspelling ridiculous
russ18uk said:
You know what's really ridiculous? Misspelling ridiculous
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Hey, take it easy...ridiculous is one of those hard words with letters that sound like other letters, and letters you can hear, and all sorts of ridiculous-ness...
baboex said:
Hey, take it easy...ridiculous is one of those hard words with letters that sound like other letters, and letters you can hear, and all sorts of ridiculous-ness...
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Why is "phonetic" not?
I often get ridiculous wrong too.
Now this is interesting for a change
Motorola makes Apple pull iPads and iPhones in Germany
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16871075
Apple has pulled several iPad and iPhone models from its German online store after Motorola Mobility enforced a patent injunction against its rival.
The move follows a December ruling that Apple had failed to license one of Motorola's wireless intellectual properties
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In the end it is only the consumers that lose...so sad.
Can we stop making google sound like a white knight in the patent case now?
AllGamer said:
Now this is interesting for a change
Motorola makes Apple pull iPads and iPhones in Germany
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16871075
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It would be except that apple were reallowed to sell them there within hours of the ruling. They never seem to lose even when they do legally lose.
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Apple actually lost a lawsuit? Wow ahahah
SupremeRadicals said:
Apple actually lost a lawsuit? Wow ahahah
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That's what I was thinking! Its a start!
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z33dev33l said:
Can we stop making google sound like a white knight in the patent case now?
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Can we stop being a flame-baiting troll humper now?
This is a motorola case. Not a google case.
Well looks like android (through moto) got revenge for what apple did last year (Galaxy Tab)
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Can we stop being a flame-baiting troll humper now?
This is a motorola case. Not a google case.
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Fwiw google have to agree to every court case motorola opens so it does actually involve google as they gave the go ahead.
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lowandbehold said:
In the end it is only the consumers that lose...so sad.
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So true
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mistermentality said:
Fwiw google have to agree to every court case motorola opens so it does actually involve google as they gave the go ahead.
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Umm, not really. The purchase has not been approved yet (although it is expected to be). So Google actually has no say in the actions of Motorola at this point in time.
lowandbehold said:
Umm, not really. The purchase has not been approved yet (although it is expected to be). So Google actually has no say in the actions of Motorola at this point in time.
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Yes they do. As part of the in process acquisition by google motorola signed an agreement not to commit to any legal action without googles say so. It's been quoted from on xda and can be found online. I think it was on the patents blog by florrian mueller that I first read it though.
EDIT: http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2012/01/google-authorized-motorola-to-seek.html quotes said agreement.
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Great moto revenge for what applesauce did last year!
z33dev33l said:
Can we stop making google sound like a white knight in the patent case now?
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Google and it's partners have only filed retaliatory suits against Apple.
Apple is simply getting exactly what it deserves. If they behaved themselves in the first place this would not have happened
its about time somebody kicked apples as* !
rajalm29 said:
its about time somebody kicked apples as* !
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Doesn't this sound ironic?Kicking a fruit's ass?
Anyway,good one,finally.No,Google is no company of saints and non-sinners,but compared to Apple,all others are angels at worst.Yeah,healthy competition is one thing.Patenting something that DOES belong to you is ok too.But patenting the whole ****ing planet because it actually looks like a fruit in shape is outrageous.
To be clear,I am downright against this whole patent thing.It has to stop at some point.It's not like anyone,except for Microsoft at some point,has had any profit from this bull****.Multi-billion companies acting like little girls fighting over who got a pair of shoes first is ridiculous...
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tolis626 said:
Multi-billion companies acting like little girls fighting over who got a pair of shoes first is ridiculous...
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that's indeed exactly what it looks like currently with this flawed patent system
The system is capable. It's the legal teams that are at fault.
Apple is so anti-competitive, it's great to see them get a little payback.
At least motorola is willing to license it's patents. Apple just bans infringing products.
http://technofierce.com/2012/01/24/...ck-screen-in-samsung-galaxy-nexus/news/001926
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And yet another reason to prove apple is gay aswell as its users. They cant handle a phone thats better then theirs.
I dont know why anyone gave them the right to patent a motion. Are they going to patent high fives next?
and apparently they patented rounded edges in Australia.
Seems ppl were jumping to conclusions again.... more so the s2. Series is the target
http://m.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-unlock-screen-not-targeted-apple-lawsuit-after-all
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jim93 said:
I dont know why anyone gave them the right to patent a motion. Are they going to patent high fives next?
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http://www.google.com/patents/US5356330
jim93 said:
I dont know why anyone gave them the right to patent a motion. Are they going to patent high fives next?
and apparently they patented rounded edges in Australia.
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saltmine said:
http://www.google.com/patents/US5356330
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...pwned.
It's not uncommon for Apple to target Samsung, Motorola...or Android for that matter. Whether or not Apple actually has a case is above me, but it's apparent both of these OS use or "borrow" features from the other...a self-made "improved" version of the former.
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...pwned.
It's not uncommon for Apple to target Samsung, Motorola...or Android for that matter. Whether or not Apple actually has a case is above me, but it's apparent both of these OS use or "borrow" features from the other...a self-made "improved" version of the former.
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i assume google wasn't smart enough to patent stuff that apple borrowed?
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i assume google wasn't smart enough to patent stuff that apple borrowed?
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I can't stand this patent stuff
I understand companies waiting to protect intellectual property
But apple and other companies are going to far.
I think only their devices and distinct styles should be patented
That's it...
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Sounds like Apple is really grasping for straws at this point.
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Sounds like Apple is really grasping for straws at this point.
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how so? iOS still accounts for a signifigant (even if it isn't majority) & of smartphones. Apple owns that entire portion of the pie where as the android portion is shared by a handful of companies. Plus they got a name. As long as they put out a half decent product, it will sell.
can't these guys just drop all the lawsuits and actually improve their os/ui? seriously.. most of the time they just sue each other instead of improving things -.-
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how so? iOS still accounts for a signifigant (even if it isn't majority) & of smartphones. Apple owns that entire portion of the pie where as the android portion is shared by a handful of companies. Plus they got a name. As long as they put out a half decent product, it will sell.
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Your logic is flawed. He didn't say that they were doing poorly, he simply said they are going for anything and everything they can. Maybe they want to own more of the market, maybe they are afraid of android getting ahead... Just because iOS is doing well doesn't mean they aren't getting defensive lately.
Another one of the many reasons why I refuse to buy any apple products.
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What i dont fet is why in hell can companies like Apple keep wasting so much money on lawauits instead of investing in innovationwhich theyve lost a few years back
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ktynchy1 said:
What i dont fet is why in hell can companies like Apple keep wasting so much money on lawauits instead of investing in innovationwhich theyve lost a few years back
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the OG iPhone spawned a growth spurt in transforming PDAs to our modern smartphone. We are currently in a spot where noone is doing anything innovative so I guess this is their way of passing time
Apple needs to go #UCK themselves with all their frivolous lawsuits.
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clninja said:
Another one of the many reasons why I refuse to buy any apple products.
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I think about it the same way!
This is the only thing that left for Apple to do since they enjoy taking everyone and their brothers to court
BREAKING NEWS: Apple Computer, Inc. has filed a copyright infingement suit against God for creating a fruit based off their logo.
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BREAKING NEWS: Apple Computer, Inc. has filed a copyright infingement suit against God for creating a fruit based off their logo.
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nice.
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clninja said:
Another one of the many reasons why I refuse to buy any apple products.
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Chileno4Live said:
I think about it the same way!
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Bah you guys must be new to the Anti Apple party .......... i've had a complete unilateral ban on all Apple products (except quicktime...*sigh*) since about 1990 !!!
What i find most perverse and ironic about Apple is that they ARE the Stalinist, monolithic, all seeing, all controlling, big brother, facelessly corporate, tech company the much famed old Apple advertisement painted every other tech company to be. And whats more they always where. Developing nation sweat shop worker conditions is only the tip of the iceberg where Apple are concerned ....... you can be sure Bono will never do another Apple advert ... lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhsWzJo2sN4
If you've never seen it.