Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 22nd Oct 2009 15:17 UTC
Remember when Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone, and proclaimed, to much applause, that they patented the hell out of it? Well, apparently Apple likes to boast about its own patents, but when it comes to dealing with other's they're not so willing. That is, if you believe Nokia: the largest phone manufacturer in the world has sued Apple for patent infringement.
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So, if they sue the OpenMoko project some day, will Nokia be excused also?
Should then an opensource manufacturer/designer of duplicates of Ferrari cars be excused from patent and design claims from Ferrari?
I am against software patents. Software has copyright. Yet actual physical inventions have only patents.
As a software developer with some experience in electronics, I can say that writing software is very lite work compared to actual design and implementation of a hardware device.
Edited 2009-10-24 22:24 UTC
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2005-07-12
At least with Nokia, their patents are in use withing almost their entire product line, and they sell 'em by the boat load.
So it's not trolling, not in the sense that their are patent holding firms, that do nothing but file patents, produce zero products, then promptly sue anyone who actually does produce something that even remotely resembles the patents.
That kind of business needs to be eradicated entirely, as in made completely illegal, with very stiff fines and jail sentences.