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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by onetimeuse001 on Friday September 07, 2012 @06:17AM (#4488391)
The other side: I would not spend $X billion and risk bankruptcy to invent something that can be stolen 48 hours after I patent it. Do you see the problem with that argument? You're hurting consumers when you don't allow companies to profit for a while from the technologies a company risked everything to invent.

Xerox patents have a limited time, they (maybe) can be licensed or exchanged with other patents licenses. Or, gasp....a resourceful company can invest billions to come with a new way to skin the cat.

>> And when it gets into the realm of shapes, then you have an incredibly broken system.

The biggest lie told by Samsung's shills to hide the details. If that was the case Apple would have sued everyone making phones with round corners. Samsung has a habit of waiting to see what sells and then clone them to get all the benefits without the risks.

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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by JackpotDen on Friday September 07, 2012 @06:38AM (#4488445)
>I would not spend $X billion and risk bankruptcy to invent something

Then spend that money on resources and sell them for a profit. Buy a mine or a farm or something else that works with that perspective.

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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by gurkendoktor on Friday September 07, 2012 @07:55AM (#4488602)
And now imagine Apple had done exactly that. Would the consumer really have it better now?
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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by JackpotDen on Friday September 07, 2012 @10:07AM (#4489086)
I don't even have to think.

Yes.

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Re:Chinese company uses leaked photos to copy, patent iPhone... by tharris0101 on Friday September 07, 2012 @01:55PM (#4490322)
I read an article on furniture design recently and how it is almost impossible to patent new designs. The article was showing how small design companies and mom and pop design businesses were struggling because every great design was ripped off by larger companies with a couple of minor changes and sold for way cheaper than the small company could manufacturer for.

That being said: Patent law is broken as it is now.

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