Comments on: Apple, Motorola talk arbitration — end to patent fight may be near

By: Lestra

Lestra — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 03:09:54 +0000

The only reason that Apple will settle with Motorola is that Apple doesn’t want to come face-to-face with that big gorilla called Google.

By: Steve Nagel

Steve Nagel — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:36:02 +0000

Apple, please buy Google before Samsung does.

By: ChrisB

ChrisB — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:43:45 +0000

Oh that’s cute. The purpose of patents, law, government, is to serve the powerful. Always has been, always will be.

By: jnffarrell1

jnffarrell1 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:03:16 +0000

Arbitration could be a bad thing. Fair, Reasonable, And (especially) Non Discriminatory can only be judged if licences are public knowledge. Licensing FRAND to MS at 0.1% and to Samsung at 1% is discriminatory on the face of it. So is buying FRAND patents to warehouse with trolls. The purpose of the patent system is to give inventors a reasonable incentive to get tricks of the trade documented for the common good. How does a veil of secrecy help that?

By: 4eng

4eng — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:17:56 +0000

Good for Tim, I like his style.