Comments on: Apple Faces Time Machine Patent Suit http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-faces-time-machine-patent-suit/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:06:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ian Kemmish http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-faces-time-machine-patent-suit/#comment-55898 Ian Kemmish Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:59:58 +0000 #comment-55898 Source code control systems such as RCS and so on have been around since the 60's, and all of them have basically the same user model. So we must be arguing about the user interface. I'd be very surprised if it turns out that not a single one of them can demonstrate prior art to Mirror Worlds. Source code control systems such as RCS and so on have been around since the 60's, and all of them have basically the same user model. So we must be arguing about the user interface. I'd be very surprised if it turns out that not a single one of them can demonstrate prior art to Mirror Worlds.

]]> By: Ronald J Riley http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-faces-time-machine-patent-suit/#comment-55897 Ronald J Riley Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:33:22 +0000 #comment-55897 Apple Reaps What They Sow<br /> <br /> Has it occurred to anyone that Apple is getting sued because they have a big appetite for other's patent property and a big ego that gets in the way of acquiring the rights to the patent properties they need to succeed in the market?<br /> <br /> Have you considered that Apple gets sued after they have refused a legitimate offer for a license?<br /> <br /> Have you wondered why Apple produces lots of patents yet still misses the most important technology they need to satisfy their customers?<br /> <br /> Or have you considered that Apple's membership in the Coalition for Patent fairness and PIRACY, aka. the Piracy Coalition is a good indication that birds of a feather do flock together?<br /> <br /> Some companies start as inventors, and some start as parasites on those who have invented. Eventually they end up alike, one group never being inventive and the second losing the ability to produce significant inventions as they age. Both will try to substitute quantity in patent filings for the quality of inventions they are incapable of producing. It does not work.<br /> <br /> All Piracy Coalition members fit one of these profiles. Tech companies who are past their prime, insurance and banking collectively have no shame! <br /> <br /> What they are very good at producing is innovative media hype which obfuscates the reality of their existence. Their multi-million dollar “troll” campaign is a perfect example of this. They paint their victims as “trolls” while the courts are finding their conduct so egregious that they are handing down staggering judgments. This is what happens to those who are caught lying, cheating, and stealing and no amount of public relations painting their victims as evil “trolls” can change the facts of these cases.<br /> <br /> Personally I think that it is a shame that Piracy Coalition members have failed to learn the lesson that inventors and the courts are teaching. It is all about conducting one’s business in an ethical manner!<br /> <br /> Ronald J. Riley,<br /> <br /> <br /> Speaking only on my own behalf.<br /> Affiliations:<br /> President - <a href="http://www.PIAUSA.org" title="www.PIAUSA.org" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">www.PIAUSA.org</a> - RJR at PIAUSA.org<br /> Executive Director - <a href="http://www.InventorEd.org" title="www.InventorEd.org" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">www.InventorEd.org</a> - RJR at InvEd.org<br /> Senior Fellow - <a href="http://www.patentPolicy.org" title="www.patentPolicy.org" target="_blank" ref="nofollow">www.patentPolicy.org</a><br /> President - Alliance for American Innovation<br /> Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel<br /> Washington, DC<br /> Direct (202) 318-1595 - 9 am to 9 pm EST. <br /> <br /> Apple Reaps What They Sow

Has it occurred to anyone that Apple is getting sued because they have a big appetite for other's patent property and a big ego that gets in the way of acquiring the rights to the patent properties they need to succeed in the market?

Have you considered that Apple gets sued after they have refused a legitimate offer for a license?

Have you wondered why Apple produces lots of patents yet still misses the most important technology they need to satisfy their customers?

Or have you considered that Apple's membership in the Coalition for Patent fairness and PIRACY, aka. the Piracy Coalition is a good indication that birds of a feather do flock together?

Some companies start as inventors, and some start as parasites on those who have invented. Eventually they end up alike, one group never being inventive and the second losing the ability to produce significant inventions as they age. Both will try to substitute quantity in patent filings for the quality of inventions they are incapable of producing. It does not work.

All Piracy Coalition members fit one of these profiles. Tech companies who are past their prime, insurance and banking collectively have no shame!

What they are very good at producing is innovative media hype which obfuscates the reality of their existence. Their multi-million dollar “troll” campaign is a perfect example of this. They paint their victims as “trolls” while the courts are finding their conduct so egregious that they are handing down staggering judgments. This is what happens to those who are caught lying, cheating, and stealing and no amount of public relations painting their victims as evil “trolls” can change the facts of these cases.

Personally I think that it is a shame that Piracy Coalition members have failed to learn the lesson that inventors and the courts are teaching. It is all about conducting one’s business in an ethical manner!

Ronald J. Riley,

Speaking only on my own behalf.
Affiliations:
President – http://www.PIAUSA.org – RJR at PIAUSA.org
Executive Director – http://www.InventorEd.org – RJR at InvEd.org
Senior Fellow – http://www.patentPolicy.org
President – Alliance for American Innovation
Caretaker of Intellectual Property Creators on behalf of deceased founder Paul Heckel
Washington, DC
Direct (202) 318-1595 – 9 am to 9 pm EST.

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