Comments on: Apple loses FaceTime patent trial, told to pay $368M

By: Ding Bat

Ding Bat — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:16:22 +0000

By: eldernorm

eldernorm — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:53:22 +0000

A patent is a patent. But when patent trolls become involved, it just gets ridiculous. Motorola is currently trying to get Apple to pay for FRAND patents…. Does Apple owe..??? there is a good chance.

BUT, motorola is not asking for its small share of lots of technology that went into 3G 4G but rather a good percentage for THE WHOLE THING…

Same thing here. A patent that only sort of fits and the “owners” want a huge cut of the WHOLE product.

Its a sad direction. If you don’t think so, imagine paying 100,000$ for a car. $12,000 for the parts and $ 82,000 for patents licenses for such things as audio play, light projection to illuminate, rotating steering devices, etc.

By: Felipe

Felipe — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:55:33 +0000

“Apple representatives argued that VirnetX didn’t invent the technology at issue and “if used, is a small part of very large, complex products.””
Really Apple?
What about bounce back/slide to unlock? Is it not a small part of very large, complex products?

Give me a break and pay your price for incentivizing this mess.