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Quote: Originally Posted by lilgto64 I said that I do not know how the boules are turned into finished products didn't I? A silicon chip that is manufactured on a large plater along side 100 other chips before being cut apart from the wafer…
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Quote: Originally Posted by plovell Interesting details, and very informative. The question that someone in the upper ranks of Apple management has to answer is: why partner with a company that has no track record of production? They were grea…
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Quote: Originally Posted by rob53 .... Yes, they invented something that was used on a previous generation device that really doesn't have anything to do with the current generation of products. They received royalties from other manufacturers w…
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Seems like over the last 10 years the public has become anti-patent. It's a real shame. The patent system is the foundation of entrepreneurship and a pillar of the U.S. technology sector. You naysayers are killing the goose that lays the golden eg…
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Quote: Originally Posted by revenant this is a little ridiculous. i suppose a typewriter company can sue for text input? do the page companies have patents that outline how their patent applies to a phone? can a telly company sue apple because i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by rob53 Patents 5,809,428, 5,754,946, 5,894,506, 5,590,403, 5,659,891 and 5,915,210 (Apple was found to not be infringing one of these). I believe most patents have a life of 20 years. These are all for pagers and pager…
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$23.5 million isn't very much. I would hope that Apple wraps up this litigation. They have proven that their patents are valid and infringed. $23.5 million seems pretty reasonable. Apple should respect the patent system and write a check rather …
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Quote: Originally Posted by malax I wonder how the jury came up with $23,575,000. Did they apply some formula the judge provided? Did each member just throw a number out and they took the average? Both sides would have presented mountains of ev…
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I wonder if the rumors about the 12 inch MacBook Air retina got started from parts for the 12 inch iPad. I find it hard to believe that Apple just so happens to be coming out with a 12 inch iPad and a 12 inch MBA.
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waterrockets wrote: » I've always felt that iPhone and Android would end up like Mac and PC. Hard as hell to make money selling PCs, but there are many more of them out there. Eventually all electronics are commoditized. We don't know when it wil…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Alfiejr These Current C retailers are all getting killed by their competition, except for Walmart, and probably won't even be in business in 5 years. Blocking Apple Pay is the desperation of the doomed. But of cour…
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Quote: Originally Posted by muaddib Tell them how you feel here CVS http://www.cvs.com/help/email-customer-relations.jsp?callType=store&topicid=200018 and here Rite-Aid https://www.riteaid.com/customer-support/contact-us They m…
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Quote: Originally Posted by waldobushman GTAT did not get screwed. The CEO and other management made out like bandits (apt), and cashed out for big gains. AZ workers got the shaft while their bosses killed it. My bets are Apple had other suppl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69 It's easy to get out of any contract when one party doesn’t hold up its end. Yes, but what you haven't asked yourself is how material was their breach. For example, what if Apple asked for 100,000 dis…
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Quote: Originally Posted by island hermit I don't think it was a scam at all. If that's the case then it makes Tim Cook look like he doesn't know what he is doing. I think it was a company that over reached its ability and Apple was slightl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bageljoey Just thinking out loud here. Is it possible that Apple realized that sapphire was not going to work (any time soon, at least) for larger screens like phones? If that were the case, Apple could be relativel…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Nobodyy Wow. It really looks like Apple will get the short end of the stick here. And it seems likely they're ready to cut their losses now and move on, potentially to a better partner. Quote: Originally Po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TomMikele You're not wrong, but you are glossing over actions of the GT principals that ARE being investigated. Things like stock sales, insider information, trading on nonpublic disclosures and the timing of those a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by elroth Absolutely. When those reports came out that GTAT executives sold off large amounts of stock just before the company declared bankruptcy, it was obvious what kind of people they are. Quote: Originally Poste…
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Quote: Originally Posted by winchester So, does that mean Apple is out the $439 million they've already paid GTAT?? The contract is sealed by the court so we aren't going to find out. However, given how well Apple negotiated its contract, I wo…