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Originally Posted by MrsJoseph
I realize that. But how many IP rights holders have been infringed upon by the Chinese? Many. I'm sure many more than are in this suit.
Thus, my feelings of irony.
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The US herself is no white knight. In both World Wars the US simply grabbed German patents on a huge scale. (Germany herself was quite happy to copy English technology during the industrial revolution - just as everyone else) The Neem tree patent controversy showed that the US is still quite happy to grab other nations' IP. You'll probably have a hard time to find a country that's innocent in this regard.
To my knowledge all apps that are being sold via Apple's store have to be approved by Apple first. They also take 30% of the sales revenue for themselves. That seems sufficient reasons to me to hold them responsible for IP violations.