07-19-2012, 06:17 PM
Maul is right, blaming Apple for this is pretty stupid. Blame the system. Trust me, it's far from just Apple getting these patents. My company is putting huge pressure on us to submit patents every quarter, even basing bonuses on it.
Apple has a relatively small number of patents compared to other companies. For example, just in 2010, IBM was granted 5,896 patents, Samsung was granted 4,551, Microsoft was granted 3,094, and Apple? Just 563. They just get all the publicity. Microsoft has been far more successful litigating against Android than Apple, but you never hear about it.
Apart from anything else, the government resources needed to investigate and award all those patents is ridiculous. They need a better way to handle things.
As for Apple, you might say all these little things are stupid, but software is made up of lots of little things. Cases are about 20 or 30 little things grouped into a whole, and then those groups get whittled down.
Apple has a relatively small number of patents compared to other companies. For example, just in 2010, IBM was granted 5,896 patents, Samsung was granted 4,551, Microsoft was granted 3,094, and Apple? Just 563. They just get all the publicity. Microsoft has been far more successful litigating against Android than Apple, but you never hear about it.
Apart from anything else, the government resources needed to investigate and award all those patents is ridiculous. They need a better way to handle things.
As for Apple, you might say all these little things are stupid, but software is made up of lots of little things. Cases are about 20 or 30 little things grouped into a whole, and then those groups get whittled down.
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