Samsung smartphones now banned in the EU

The what was a sarcastic what disguised as a serious with the use of :confused: instead of :p

But yes, never heard of the film until today from the info on the tablet used in it.
 
This case shows the absurdity of patents today. You can patent almost anything, no matter how obvious or trivial it is. Totally stifles competition and the free market.

AcidHell2 said:
Also can people stop saying big bad apple, these lawsuits happen daily between corporations. It's not new or unique and everyone does it.
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Not that fallacy again...
 
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bhavv said:
That dinner of sand brown, poo brown, sick brown and nauseating yellow sure looks delicious :D
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Have you actually watched the clip of that part?

I can't stand how people eat on American shows and movies. They take the tiniest of bites and then chew over enthusiastically and do this weird with with their teeth and lips. :mad:
 
I personally don't like Apple products because they deliberately hamstring their devices. I understand that locking a device down to a certain extent is necessary to stop un-tech savvy people from breaking it but when they do silly things like not allowing Bluetoothing files between other phones, I cannot see a legitimate reason for this....

It's like buying a Ferrari and they put a 70MPH speed limiter on it :rolleyes:
 
Richie said:
I personally don't like Apple products because they deliberately hamstring their devices. I understand that locking a device down to a certain extent is necessary to stop un-tech savvy people from breaking it but when they do silly things like not allowing Bluetoothing files between other phones, I cannot see a legitimate reason for this....

It's like buying a Ferrari and they put a 70MPH speed limiter on it :rolleyes:
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Well its hardly like you can use it in the UK, so its the perfect comparison.

Bought only because its the "in" thing, even though its pretentious and over the top, yet not entirely useful.

:p
 
AcidHell2 said:
Go look at other industries Operating systems is a good one. Everyone sues everyone else, surprisingly those with the more or more specialised patents sue more often. This is just like the Microsoft days and the haters.
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People are suing each other because the technology patent system is deeply, deeply flawed and prevents innovation.

Apple does seem to be particularly aggressive in perusing all patent infringements it thinks it finds.
 
The patent system Is flawed, but as this court case shows it doesn't uphold vague or unprovable patents, as such it doesn't stiffle competion. Not from big companies anyway who can afford the legal costs. Apple is not the only aggressive company. Most are, as I said it depends who holds the patents in the sector.
 
AcidHell2 said:
The patent system Is flawed, but as this court case shows it doesn't uphold vague or unprovable patents, as such it doesn't stiffle competion.
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Two things:
The fact that the court throws them out doesn't mean the baseline is in the right place.
The fact that patents are not vague or unprovable doesn't mean that this doesn't stifle competition.
 
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