Comments on: The 125-year-old U.S. patent law that could cost Samsung $2 billion for slavishly copying Apple’s designs

By: montex

montex — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:36:52 +0000

I bid 300 Quatloos!

By: Piccio

Piccio — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:29:54 +0000

agree with Jeff – its a great place to fund people doing good work

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:55:36 +0000

Patents FORCE innovation?! After reading the linked article it becomes clear that patent protection can actually force innovation. There are probably thousands of designers who have other ideas for a cool phone but what business will risk it if copying is cheaper?

It never occurred to me until now but when you take easier money out of the picture patents can actually force innovation.

By: quiviran

quiviran — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:26:07 +0000

Used to be the best crowd-sourced project funding idea ever to get money into the hands if startups for developing their ideas into products. Really fun. Now we’re starting to see established companies fun pretend startup projects because they’re too cheap to pay for their own development and want to proceed using OPM.

By: RAYMOND

RAYMOND — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:35:41 +0000

I WANT SAMSUNG LOSE!!

I hate seeing all those copycats on streets!

By: Jeff II

Jeff II — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:45:28 +0000

http://www.kickstarter.com

I’ve put up a few bucks on several projects and have been satisfied with the results.

By: Liminal Ghost

Liminal Ghost — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:42:40 +0000

Was gonna buy a Samsung LED TV but would rather go inferior tech waiting for Apples’…

By: abcd

abcd — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:38:17 +0000

I didn’t say it right. Kickstarter raises money for projects. Its crowd funded. I cant think of anything better than to help Apple win these court cases. Heck, I wouldnt mind paying more for my iPhone if it contained NO samsung chips at all!

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:05:04 +0000

Sudekis should play Tim Cook in the movie.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:04:39 +0000

Put me down for a thousand.

Err….what’s a kickstarter page by the way?

By: G4Dualie

G4Dualie — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:03:27 +0000

There’s no proof a “renascence of design” will occur if Apple wins.

The entire industry was caught with their pants down because Steve Jobs had one of his famous “PARC” moments strolling through the labs of Motorola during its reign as the Razor maker! and since then, the industry’s inclination has been to copy what Apple was doing, and long before the numbers became invaluable.

Steve Jobs: They’re stealing our designs!
Tim Cook: Ain’t it great?

Steve Jobs: I know. But they’re stealing us blind!
Tim Cook: I repeat. Ain’t it great?

By: abcd

abcd — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:31:02 +0000

Dear Apple,
I know you have 116.999 Billion dollars more than I do, but if you ever need a hand with a kickstarter page to get these bastards, put me down for ten bucks.

By: MichaelRo

MichaelRo — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:28:17 +0000

When attorneys piss off the presiding judge on the first day of a trial, as Samsung’s did when they tried to evade her ruling that certain slides not be made public, publishing them on a widely distributed Web site, things tend to go badly.

By: 3l3c7ro

3l3c7ro — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:12:51 +0000

Because the courts want to appear unbiased, they will bend over backwards to give Samsung a huge amount of wiggle room to get out of facing the consequences of their thievery.

By: MacFreek

MacFreek — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:51:14 +0000

What ever the outcome of this trial people will soon become familiar with another legal term, appeal.

By: Lordthree

Lordthree — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:45:29 +0000

Interesting. Count on the judge to fsck this up tho.