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anamardoll · 08-11-2011, 10:03 AM

I am not okay with these patent wars, and yes I do blame Apple over the judges. There will always be stupid judges, and Apple shouldn't exploit that to stifle competition.

The "form factor" patent is ridiculous. Every laptop I have ever owned had precisely the same form factor -- thank god Dell didn't decide to patent the laptop form and then push every other company out of business. Every TV on earth looks essentially the same at this point. So does every smart phone. Within a few years, most eReaders will look similar too, I suspect.

The Apple iPad line drawings that this ruling was based on would apply almost as much to the Nook Touch at to the Galaxy Tab -- they're literally just "rectangular touch screen device". This is ridiculous.

I'm utterly infuriated at how much court money is being wasted on these patent wars. You want to balance a country's budget? Fine Apple for these stupid suits and then collect the taxes on the Galaxy Tab sales. That's money.

08-11-2011, 10:03 AM	#28
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I am not okay with these patent wars, and yes I do blame Apple over the judges. There will always be stupid judges, and Apple shouldn't exploit that to stifle competition. The "form factor" patent is ridiculous. Every laptop I have ever owned had precisely the same form factor -- thank god Dell didn't decide to patent the laptop form and then push every other company out of business. Every TV on earth looks essentially the same at this point. So does every smart phone. Within a few years, most eReaders will look similar too, I suspect. The Apple iPad line drawings that this ruling was based on would apply almost as much to the Nook Touch at to the Galaxy Tab -- they're literally just "rectangular touch screen device". This is ridiculous. I'm utterly infuriated at how much court money is being wasted on these patent wars. You want to balance a country's budget? Fine Apple for these stupid suits and then collect the taxes on the Galaxy Tab sales. That's money.