Posts by MarquisMark

Quote:Originally Posted by hill60 It's simple really, "American" design is something that designers who are employed by American companies are paid to produce. It costs real money and it creates real jobs which are worth...

Quote:Originally Posted by DESuserIGN Is that "Asian deign?" Pretty much every asian automotive company has a major design studio in Detroit or California. Nissan has had big design studios in the US for over 30 years! They have...

Quote:Originally Posted by DESuserIGN Just as we all shuddered at how Apple's iPods became so very expensive when others were prevented from duplicating Apple's innovations in that space. Oh wait, iPods were way nicer, and a far...

Quote:Originally Posted by jragosta I expect that you'll hear announcements of licensing deals in the next few weeks. Apple has indicated that they're willing to license some of their technology, just not the appearance. With this...

the cost of a new car and ban on last gen products? These penalties almost seem to not even be worth the time of going to court. I guess this just falls under the "defend it or lose it" category. I don't think we can read into this in...

Quote:Originally Posted by Ewan I love Apple but for the sake of humanity I hope they lose! Apple losing will set an example for every other corporation who tries to bully the small guy. Go Samsung! Free Apple Juice for everyone...

Another e-payment protocol? As if Passbook, Google Wallet, PayPass, and IRIS weren't enough. (I know Passbook isn't e-payments now, but we all know it's coming). All this does is fragment the market even more and prevent us from having...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gatorguy  Is Apple creating these maps or using them as supplied by TeleAtlas (Tomtom) or DMTI or whoever they're sourcing for particular regions? Perhaps someone with the Tomtom app and...

I like to M$ bash as much as the next guy, but this is really non-news.   They had $6.1 billion in profit this quarter, except they decided to do some shady accounting in regards to the acquisition of aQuantive in 2007....

Quote: Quote: Originally Posted by MarquisMark    That's the thing about design patents that always confuses me. Since you make a car analogy, I have a couple examples: A Chrysler 300m...