Samsung: Apple’s Been “Freeriding,” We’re Getting Aggressive | TechCrunch

What do you think of all the suing and counter-suing occuring in the market place at the moment?  Samsung recently announced (regarding their largest customer, ironically) that Apple’s Been “Freeriding,” We’re Getting aggressive

Personally, while I am glad to see a little ‘pay back’ for what I am inclined to perceive as un-necessarily aggressive and broad sweeping behavior by Apple using some dubious “look and feel” type patents, I do wonder if all these this arms race is a waste of time and money.  With the Western world teetering in the edge of economic collapse, would these reserves be better deployed to innovation?  Not only would this benefit a lackluster global economy, but it would also enrich our lives.

All this posturing and counter-posturing seems to achieve is a stifling of innovation and a mad rush to patent everything under the sun however generic or ridiculous.  An example is the joining of two common English words such as “multi” and “touch” in to a patent which was, thankfully, overturned in a rare show of sanity (and reported again at ZDNet).

What are your thoughts?

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  1. Puck1980
    Monday, 3. October 2011 11:53
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    I think it is funny that Apple has built itself of Unix(which I know is opensource, but does that always mean it is free, I would hope they paid for the right to do that…) and without it, Apple would have been nothing today and now they are suing everyone under the sun…. They will get what is coming to them and I personally cannot wait to see them taken down a peg or two :-)

  2. Ian
    Monday, 3. October 2011 16:11
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    I believe it was actually Xerox that Apple took their original GUI ideas from. But I do see what you mean. Microsoft tended to sue for royalties and licensing, whereas Apple seem to sue to close down which is not enamouring their brand to a great deal of consumers and business owners. What’s even more rich is the war on Google because Google entered the mobile space, but Nokia did not behave this way when Apple entered, and overturned, the mobile space.

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