cy_starkman

daven said:

Am I missing something here? All phones can charge via usb. The only difference between them is the cord from the usb charger to the device which gets replaced fairly often because of fraying. 

StrangeDays said:

dant said:

For once, it would be nice to see Apple try and not be the bully in the school yard and actually act responsibly and ethically for a change. These patents are used by all the phone providers. They are ground breaking patents. They have all signed licenses. The only one fighting was Apple. Now they have lost twice in court, to two jury's, and they still want to appeal? I mean, come on! The technology is not Apples, its been proven. Pay the damages of $85 million for the i phones 6 & 7 and then pony up for what you owe for iphones 8,9,10 and 11 too. (Yup, they now owe for the phones they have created since the case was initially filed, that they admitted ALSO infringed.) Then sign a license to 2023 to when the patents expire. And before anyone tries and spins the patent troll narrative, these patents were invented by the two guys who built the company Wilan, in the first place. They were never acquired from someone else. Just because you can tie things up endlessly in court doesn't mean you should. In fact its shameful and cowardly and arrogant. Apple has hundreds of billions of dollars stored off shore -- avoiding taxes -- and they still won't pony up for the technology they have used to build that mountain of cash. Time to do what is right. Pay for what you are responsible for. For a change.

That’s just, like, your opinion, man. 

The patents sound like typical BS software patents — patents on ideas, rather than implementation, which is written code, which is protected by copyright. The notion that companies can patent abstract ideas in software is unsound to begin with, and will result in never-ending litigation. Ideas are free, written code is not. Seriously doubt Apple lifted their code.