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    Apple Versus Samsung — The Real Winners

    April 4th, 2014

    So we are once again immersed in yet another trial involving Apple and Samsung over intellectual property. Each company accuses the other of patent violations. But it’s not a crime and the offender doesn’t go to prison. It’s a civil action, and the loser may be ordered to pay the winner a sum of money, […]


    So Has Apple Given Up the Nuclear Option?

    November 13th, 2012

    When Steve Jobs said he would go “thermonuclear” against Google and all those Android licenses, because he felt they stole Apple’s designs, just how liberally should he have been taken? Sure, it’s quite obvious Apple has invested hundreds of millions of dollars pursuing patent lawsuits against the likes of Samsung, Motorola, HTC and other companies. […]


    Haven’t We Had Enough Patent Lawsuits?

    July 20th, 2012

    I find it more and more difficult to read about the daily patent soap opera being played out around the world. First Apple wins this case, and loses another. A British judge recently instructed Apple to run ads stating that Samsung’s tablets didn’t copy the iPad. This decision evidently comes in the wake of a […]


    Do Patent Lawsuits Make Tech Gear More Expensive?

    December 9th, 2011

    So almost every day, you hear about the status of one of those ongoing lawsuits in the tech industry. These days it’s Apple versus someone-or-other or one of those someone-or-others versus Apple. The legal skirmishes are largely focused on the iPhone, iOS and the iPad, with Apple insisting that their intellectual property is being violated […]