Comments on: U.S. Patent office tentatively invalidates Apple’s rubber-banding patent used in Samsung trial

By: Buster

Buster — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:06:50 +0000

Hey Apple,
The solution is…Move to Canada. We will protect you and hey, you are close enough to the US so you won’t get homesick although I am pretty sure you are getting pissed at your Motherland for selling you out.

By: leodavinci1

leodavinci1 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:48:33 +0000

Funny you should mention the Mouse.

With the influence that Disney has on Congress to keep fudging with copyright laws, it wouldn’t be surprised to find out they have their fingers in the patent system as well.

By: payshunz

payshunz — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:42:54 +0000

You do realize Samsung is a South Korean company, and that many Apple products are manufactured in China rather than Japan, right?

By: Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:55:47 +0000

What the fuck is wrong with the us patent office :(

By: Jeff II

Jeff II — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:36:51 +0000

Good one, my friend. I was thinking that “Rubber Banding snappeth away” but you got here first! 🔥

By: Wp8!

Wp8! — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:41:54 +0000

It’s apples fault, they moved jobs to china or Japan and gave them trade secrets.. Samsung wouldn’t have the slightes clue on how to do what they did if they didn’t already have apples he prints… Bring the jobs back home apple!!

By: 62sparkplug

62sparkplug — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:03:58 +0000

If somebody has some good insight into this, I would like to hear it. Let me get this straight, somebody or entity files an application for a patent with the Patent Office which can take months if not years before one is finally granted. Then if there’s a request for a review, the same Patent Office can turn around and essentially say sorry, remember that patent we awarded you, April Fools, we were just kidding, it’s invalid. ?????

Who does the initial evaluation and granting of the patent in the first place, Mickey Mouse?

By: DogGonetoo

DogGonetoo — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:49:42 +0000

The only way to stay ahead is to continue innovating. Don’t forget this succeeded with the iPod. Only problem is that the mobile market is huge and encourages companies to copy since they can make so much money.
Apple is doing the right thing by cutting Samsung and google off. It’s a shame the legal route has not worked. Maybe better to cut their losses.

By: mossman

mossman — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:49:28 +0000

Yes, as well as whichever legislation or ruling that allowed software patents in the first place.

In case no one’s noticed, they aren’t benefiting Apple, they’re not benefiting Samsung or Google, they’re only benefiting the goddamn intellectual property lawyers and patent trolls!

By: Road Warrior

Road Warrior — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:40:39 +0000

I certainly agree with you there, something smells fishy and corrupt. Perhaps there should be a court case against the patent office. That would be some trial, all those lawyers would be drooling over it.

By: Troy

Troy — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:39:06 +0000

Totally agree, came on US government, you already let thousand of work opportunities to go and now you are going to get rid of the US people’s creativity go too?
How else is the government traying to screw this country?

By: joe

joe — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:32:18 +0000

APPLE should start hiring crooked lawyers, smart decent intelligent lawyers don’t cut it with these lawsuits against thieves. Mr. Tim Cook
please reasses your legal dept., seems so………………………

By: Armando

Armando — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:31:02 +0000

Patent office should reimburse Apple for all legal expenses. An investigation of the patent office is warranted.

By: MacRaven

MacRaven — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:19:17 +0000

Why bother to patent anything if it can be invalidated later? American companies innovate only to let our great (sarcasm) legal system give it away for free to foreign thieves. This country is getting so illogical it defies any normal logical thought process to wonder how this shit happens.

By: Bongo

Bongo — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:16:12 +0000

This is devastating news. How the **** can this happen? Grant patents and take them away on a whim, with a billion dollar lawsuit hanging in the balance. I’m disgusted.

By: Arnold Ziffel

Arnold Ziffel — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:04:27 +0000

Googhoul’s lobbying $ at work.

By: Zeke

Zeke — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:49:55 +0000

Why spend time and money to invent anything when our patent and courts systems will allow the competition to simply rip us off? Welcome back to the world of the beige box and “good enough”.

By: Now, Now...

Now, Now... — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:43:27 +0000

The ‘Rubber Banding’ giveth and the ‘Rubber Banding’ taketh away.

By: iJah420

iJah420 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:36:33 +0000

Corrupt as corrupt can be.

By: Dan0

Dan0 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:35:17 +0000

So, a apple patent is invalidated by a apple patent yes this signals doom it’s open season on IOS might as well open source it