HTC defeats Apple in patent dispute.

[chenGOD]

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18709232

 

Many of you will know that I use Apple products and think that some of their stuff is of very good quality, providing me with the best economic return (please note this does not mean other companies don't produce quality goods). I have not however been in favour of how Apple has conducted itself with regards to its last few years of overt litigiousness, especially in matters as frivolous as design patents.

So I view this ruling as a very good thing.

[oscillik]

voice of reason, you speak it chen

[YO303]

lol.

 

I love Apple products but they are a shitty evil company.

 

I'll still buy their products, turn a blind eye on the evil stuff they do and hope karma or hell aren't real.

[Guest Frankie5fingers]

its about time. someone needed to put apple in their place.

[oscillik]

its about time. someone needed to put apple in their place.

 

unfortunately, it's only a small victory that will be very quickly rendered impotent. already it's relevance to HTC is pretty small, since it's only valid in the UK.

[Guest ruiagnelo]

i am glad i can't afford apple products

[Guest Mirezzi]

lol.

 

I love Apple products but they are a shitty evil company.

 

I'll still buy their products, turn a blind eye on the evil stuff they do and hope karma or hell aren't real.

 

 

This becomes more and more and more and more ironic with every passing year.

[Guest Frankie5fingers]

its about time. someone needed to put apple in their place.

 

unfortunately, it's only a small victory that will be very quickly rendered impotent. already it's relevance to HTC is pretty small, since it's only valid in the UK.

thats true. but it is still a victory. no matter how small.

 

lol.

 

I love Apple products but they are a shitty evil company.

 

I'll still buy their products, turn a blind eye on the evil stuff they do and hope karma or hell aren't real.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8

 

This becomes more and more and more and more ironic with every passing year.

HAHAHAHAHA, damn! i never even realized that. your so right. the roles have switched.

[YO303]

lol.

 

I love Apple products but they are a shitty evil company.

 

I'll still buy their products, turn a blind eye on the evil stuff they do and hope karma or hell aren't real.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8

 

This becomes more and more and more and more ironic with every passing year.

 

I know but i don't care. Having an iPhone when you are riding the train is great.

[sergeantk]

bout time. It's been depressing watching apple turn into another shitty evil giant company over the past decade

[oscillik]

chicks dig guys with iPhones.

[sergeantk]

chicks dig guys with iPhones.

 

chicks dig hipsters too

 

or maybe that was a redundant thing to say

[chenGOD]

Any chick worth dating won't care.

And yeah sergeantk - it's been a depressing process.

the thing is - other lawyers fighting bullshit patent lawsuits can look at this ruling and present the prior art as evidence that Apple's patents are either invalid or deserve more scrutiny.

I don't mind patents that are legitimate, ie. those which allow the inventor of a product time to recoup his investment off sales of said innovative device.... but software patents are, in the main, bullshit.

[gmanyo]

As terrible as Apple is, at least most of their products are good. I thought iPads were stupid until I used one.

 

edit:

girls don't like boys girls like cars and money

[YO303]

chicks dig guys with iPhones.

 

Maybe in 2007

 

iPhones (and smartphones) are pretty ordinary nowadays, everyone has one.

[oscillik]

Any chick worth dating won't care.

 

sorry, i forgot to use the sarcasm font. i'll remember to use comic sans next time.

 

the thing is - other lawyers fighting bullshit patent lawsuits can look at this ruling and present the prior art as evidence that Apple's patents are either invalid or deserve more scrutiny.

 

this is the best we can hope for. but then again, i'm not an optimistic guy...

 

chicks dig guys with iPhones.

 

Maybe in 2007

 

iPhones (and smartphones) are pretty ordinary nowadays, everyone has one.

 

i don't have one. no-one in my family has one.

[Dan C]

chicks dig guys with awesome iPhone cases.

 

Fixt!

[oscillik]

chicks dig guys with awesome iPhone cases.

 

Fixt!

 

qft!

 

who's that guy who did the afrika hitech covers again? him.

[gmanyo]

[YO303]

 

 

chicks dig guys with iPhones.

 

Maybe in 2007

 

iPhones (and smartphones) are pretty ordinary nowadays, everyone has one.

 

i don't have one. no-one in my family has one.

 

Doesn't change the fact that iPhones and smartphones are pretty ordinary.

[chenGOD]

Any chick worth dating won't care.

 

sorry, i forgot to use the sarcasm font. i'll remember to use comic sans next time.

 

the thing is - other lawyers fighting bullshit patent lawsuits can look at this ruling and present the prior art as evidence that Apple's patents are either invalid or deserve more scrutiny.

 

this is the best we can hope for. but then again, i'm not an optimistic guy...

 

chicks dig guys with iPhones.

 

Maybe in 2007

 

iPhones (and smartphones) are pretty ordinary nowadays, everyone has one.

 

i don't have one. no-one in my family has one.

A) Use of comic-sans font results in an automatic 10 week suspension

B) you don't say ;)

C) You don't have a smartphone?

 

edit: Africa Hitech cases? link please?

 

Something to make you maybe a bit less pessimistic in this particular instance:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-04/htc-mobile-phones-don-t-infringe-apple-patents-u-k-judge-says.html

Specifically:

The U.K. court judgment “marks a considerable defeat for Apple in the smartphone patent wars,” said Peter Bell, an attorney at Stevens & Bolton LLP, who isn’t involved in the case. “Two of Apple’s prize patents have been knocked out in the U.K.”

[Guest Mirezzi]

TBH, our company provide iPads and I can't be bothered to use it. I'd rather fuck around on my PC with Windows, my Macbook Pro, or if I need something to sit on the couch with, my iPhone.

 

I rarely find a use for it and I think it's awkward to hold onto. *shrug*

[Guest Mirezzi]

By the way, it could be worse. They could be Microsoft: patenting little tiny piles of dogshit, one at a time since 1975 aka. the same year I took flight from my mother's womb.

[luke viia]

TBH, our company provide iPads and I can't be bothered to use it. I'd rather fuck around on my PC with Windows, my Macbook Pro, or if I need something to sit on the couch with, my iPhone.

 

I rarely find a use for it and I think it's awkward to hold onto. *shrug*

 

I love my iPad, but I think they're mainly useful for education. I don't know what I'd do with it in a business setting. Without buying a bluetooth keyboard case for the thing (as I did), it doesn't seem like it'd do that much to assist in meetings, etc. A livescribe pen would be ideal for meetings though, and much cheaper...

 

re: patent wars, good for HTC. Sounds like they deserved to have this case go their way.

[BCM]

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18709232

 

Many of you will know that I use Apple products and think that some of their stuff is of very good quality, providing me with the best economic return (please note this does not mean other companies don't produce quality goods). I have not however been in favour of how Apple has conducted itself with regards to its last few years of overt litigiousness, especially in matters as frivolous as design patents.

So I view this ruling as a very good thing.

 

i agree with this wholeheartedly