I-phone getting a lot of heat these days...

[glazbagun]

First Nokia:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8321058.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8434132.stm

Then Kodak:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8460899.stm

Is this sort of thing common place, or have Apple just got an indifferent attitude to IP?

[audidoody]

Well they nicked Xerox PARC's Star "desktop metaphor" OS in 1983, so no change there then.

[jimothy]

I think Apples $28B in cash may have something to do with it...

Problem is the patent system - too many patents, and they are too generic so it si difficult to not breach them

[PJ S]

audidoody said:

Well they nicked Xerox PARC's Star "desktop metaphor" OS in 1983, so no change there then.

No nicking was done - http://www.digibarn.com/friends/jef-raskin/writing...

[Zod]

If you work with tech companies, you will quickly come to know that success breeds IP claims. Every successful tech company is forever fighting claims that somebody else has IP rights to parts of its successful productts.

[Nero601]

jealousy is a cruel mistress

[Zod]

anonymous said:

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funnily enough, while the company is unknown and in the developemnt stage, claims rarely arise....