Change of heart at Apple?

[afv011]

Apple head honcho Tim Cook has indicated that he'd be willing to settle the wide-ranging, ongoing patent disputes raging over smartphones and fondleslabs - provided of course that his adversaries admit everything and pay up.

When asked about the fruity firm's Great Patent Wars during last night's earnings call, Cook said that he didn't like litigation, but Apple would carry on with it as long as it saw the need.

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The 2nd paragraph tells me not much will change.

[ScotiaBurrell]

Already moving:

It sounds like those court-ordered settlement talks between Apple and Samsung are going pretty well — Tim Cook just told analysts on Apple's Q2 2012 financial call that he's "always hated litigation, and I continue to hate it." The problem, according to Cook, is that Apple "wants people to invent their own stuff," but that "if we could get to some kind of arrangement where we could be assured that that's the case, I highly prefer to settle versus battle."

http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/24/29...efer-to-settle

[Phogg]

Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell

Already moving:



http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/24/29...efer-to-settle

Those evil competitors keep stealing iPple's proprietary rounded corners.

[MovieBird]

Originally Posted by Phogg

Those evil competitors keep stealing iPple's proprietary rounded corners.

No one else is allowed to fly the pirate flag except for aPple. Why innovate hardware when you can blatantly rip off the most salient technology from others, and then turn around and sue the pants off anyone who copies your "look"?

[RainingLemur]

Originally Posted by Phogg

Those evil competitors keep stealing iPple's proprietary rounded corners.

And the rectangles. Can't forget about the rectangles. Oh, and the flat front surfaces.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by RainingLemur

And the rectangles. Can't forget about the rectangles. Oh, and the flat front surfaces.

Not to mention those finger swipes and electronic thingies inside

[Talldog]

Fondleslabs. Well I learned a new word today. I guess it was worth getting out of bed after all.

[yoho]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Not to mention those finger swipes and electronic thingies inside

[Andrew H.]

Originally Posted by Talldog

Fondleslabs. Well I learned a new word today. I guess it was worth getting out of bed after all.

There's no need to get out of bed if you have a Fondleslab.

[HansTWN]

Well, after Jobs is gone and the inspiration for new products has gone missing, turning Apple into a patent troll does sound like a good business plan to expand the business. My lawyer is bigger than your lawyer...

[afv011]

Originally Posted by HansTWN

Well, after Jobs is gone and the inspiration for new products has gone missing, turning Apple into a patent troll does sound like a good business plan to expand the business. My lawyer is bigger than your lawyer...

Yes, they seem to have lost their way of late and are living off past glories. To me, the wild patent war looks like panic at losing their mojo and slipping behind Samsung and Co.

[jhempel24]

I'm surprised they haven't patented the colors black and white

[HansTWN]

Originally Posted by jhempel24

I'm surprised they haven't patented the colors black and white

Maybe they will patent the slogan "You are holding it wrong!"

[HappyMartin]

Deja vu all over again. Yawn.

Not bad results from Apple I see. Amazing all the brainwashed idiots buying substandard over priced junk.

Now thats out of the way can we move on?

[SeaKing]

Originally Posted by HappyMartin

Deja vu all over again. Yawn.

Not bad results from Apple I see. Amazing all the brainwashed idiots buying substandard over priced junk.

Now thats out of the way can we move on?

If buyers could only hold out a little bit, they would get the same products 25% to 33% cheaper, but no price resistance at all. None.

I guess it is like a "collector's Nike Shoe."

The economy must be doing pretty good except in China where the kid sold a kidney to get the stuff.