Google joins Samsung in patent dispute with Apple

Re:Google joins Samsung in patent dispute with Apple by czr80 on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @02:50AM (#4192871)

I'm mystified why you think 1) matters in this argument. Obviously this is a very different discussion if they dropped the FRAND patent suits and only sued on non-FRAND patents.

And, since you ask, I think threatening the entire industry standard (which affects every single company that implements the standards) is much, much worse than any action between two companies. They have enough money to sort it out themselves.

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Re:Google joins Samsung in patent dispute with Apple by fpgeek on Wednesday July 04, 2012 @12:10AM (#4197551)

Personally, I think promoting and legitimizing (from a technology company, not a non-practicing entity) the use of garbage software patents as a legal tool (and, even worse, an injunction-producing legal tool) has the potential to do far worse damage to the software industry in the long run.

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