HTC sues Apple

13May/101

HTC sues Apple

http://gizmodo.com/5537316/htc-countersues-apple-to-stop-all-iphone-ipod-ipad-sales

Fair play for HTC hitting back at apple over their ridiculous lawsuit a while back trying to get the import of all HTC phones banned in the US due to patent infringement.

But this just goes even further to show how ridiculous patents have become, at least in the US.

This is just a Flow Chart! How can you patent a flow chart?

This is just how a phone works! Come on.

You can't blame HTC, they didn't start this whole thing. Apple has way more ridiculous patents, but seriously something is wrong here.

Tagged as: android, Apple, HTC, patents, phone Leave a comment

aiusepsi

It's basically awesome. Every company has to have a circling flotilla of these bullshit patents so that they can counter-sue when they're sued. It's absurd. If you don't create such a portfolio, you're the one who gets screwed. Everybody has to keep applying for these things, lest they be the ones without a chair when the music stops playing.

I heard part of the problem is that the US Patent Office was told to operate like a business, i.e. turn a profit. How do you do that? Well, you slash costs by reducing the scrutiny each patent receives, and sell as many units, I mean, issue as many patents as you possibly can to bulk up your revenue.

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