Posts by ash471

Apple would be a lot better off if it released its maps for Android and desktop.  I hope that is coming sometime soon. I'm afraid that developers will all use Google because they can easily distribute their software on multiple...

Quote: Originally Posted by helicopterben  Come on Facebook, come up with Search similar to google search!  It is the matter of eating business from google no matter how far it goes!    Couldn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil    Disney lobbying, period. Nothing more. Agreed...which means there is no moral justifcation for it.  I think the pendulum has swung to far against...

Quote: Originally Posted by hmm  What makes it that way? I ask due to the number of smaller inventors who as you mention cannot afford to defend their work against the larger companies, thus feeding the need for...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta  Nonsense. This has already been explained many times, but apparently some people are too interested in burying their head in the sand to listen. No one ever said that there...

Quote: Originally Posted by ascii  It's an excellent point of Tim's. There's no point having tough IP laws if it takes two years to enforce them, and by then he has a toehold in the market. Two years is...

Quote: Originally Posted by hmm  Apple has used holding companies, so I don't think they would criticize that specific point without acknowledging their current function.   I've always wondered...

As a patent attorney and inventor, I can assure you that the issue Cook raised is a HUGE problem.  Patent lawsuits are a horrible game of bury the patent holder with endless filings, depositions, summary judgement motions, expert...

Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse    The "so-called" patent trolls might, but the actual ones don't. Yes, we know you are a denier, but your position is entirely untenable, and we all know there are...

Quote: Originally Posted by jragosta  Cook wisely did not bring that up - because it's a ridiculous argument. There's nothing illegal or immoral about patent holding companies suing (What Lodsys did is somewhat...