THX says to patents, "I am your father" and sues Apple for infringing on them

6. hung2900 posted on 16 Mar 2013, 01:37 1 33

Shiips still think Apple is innovate only , SS is always a copycat
But the fact SS is no where near Apple.

44. HDShatter posted on 16 Mar 2013, 11:07 20 0

Steve Jobs "innovation": Lets take a bunch of existing technologies and steal, copy or buy them and put them in a phone.

55. corporateJP posted on 16 Mar 2013, 12:39 2 0

^This right here.

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75. crazymonkey05 posted on 16 Mar 2013, 22:46 0 0

hahahahahahah so true

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77. ImQ009 posted on 17 Mar 2013, 04:49 2 0

Fanboy detected

13. xperiaDROID posted on 16 Mar 2013, 02:26 13 14

Yup, I agree. Apple deserves it, but the word "bankrupt" is a little bit harsh.

81. ktime posted on 17 Mar 2013, 13:21 0 0

Sue Apple, the Master of Thief

16. Android4u posted on 16 Mar 2013, 02:50 15 0

Your username bro lol wow....

32. darkkjedii posted on 16 Mar 2013, 09:46 1 14

Bro that username has corrupted fanboy written all over it. He then says stuff like "make them bankrupt". As if THX is actually gonna bankrupt apple. That would be like the .99 cent store bankrupting Bloomingdales...not gonna happen.

33. androiddownsouth posted on 16 Mar 2013, 09:49 4 2

I don't think any reasonable person is going to wish bankruptcy on anyone or anything personally. That said, if Apple has been using THX's patents in all of their mobile products as THX claims, this could very well put a big hurt on Apple's pocketbook.

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34. darkkjedii posted on 16 Mar 2013, 09:51 5 3

As it should bro. Apple should have to pay what they owe plain, and simple. Fair is fair...

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39. rickywinataa posted on 16 Mar 2013, 10:28 6 1

Are you trying to say that THX is a .99 cents store ? As much as unpopular it is, THX it's still a big company. It won't bankrupt Apple but banning iPhone and iPad seems good to me LOL

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48. darkkjedii posted on 16 Mar 2013, 11:29 1 6

Quite naturally I'm using it as a comparison. I however don't wanna see anything that benefits people banned. If you simply wanna be childish with your comments, and the only thing you wanna see are green thumbs... Please avoid my posts

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74. rickywinataa posted on 16 Mar 2013, 20:47 0 0

well, i believe the court won't allow iPhone or iPad to be banned. but certainly, this is a punch back for apple. just try to remember how many phones did apple try to ban because of some idiotic patents ?

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65. lyndon420 posted on 16 Mar 2013, 15:22 0 0

I agree. I think this back and fourth stuff would stop once apple's market value falls back to a more reasonable 5-9th place on a global scale.

Google would be kicking their a$$ of course.

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63. rusticguy posted on 16 Mar 2013, 14:27 0 0

No my lord c'mon sound is such a small component that went into building this iCON (ic) Phone is what MyxTyxPyx would say in court ... and court would never ban as it would against the principle of natural justice to ban an American company's product in America :)

69. -box- posted on 16 Mar 2013, 18:12 0 0

So are you saying that apple is supposedly the beleaguered hero?

72. Dingy_cellar_dweller posted on 16 Mar 2013, 18:51 0 0

Well no, I thought that the reference to George Lucas and of course Star Wars would be amusing.

I think Apple’s position on paying royalties is the same as their policy for charitable donations and that’s they would never give one cent/penny away, unless they were compelled in doing so.

15. Droid_X_Doug posted on 16 Mar 2013, 02:46 3 0

Apple will just have to tap some of its hoard of cash. Egos being bruised are harder to soothe, however.

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

66. Aeires (unregistered) posted on 16 Mar 2013, 16:01 1 0

That would be true if Apple made their devices in America. They don't. If Apple loses, they'll just have to take a big amount out of their coffers and pay the fees. A ban isn't going to happen and nothing is going to happen to the U.S. economy from this.

42. Zero0 posted on 16 Mar 2013, 10:45 4 0

Exactly. Apple has something to the tune of $135 billion in cash. They'll license the patent, and nothing ever happened.

23. Mozarrt posted on 16 Mar 2013, 06:03 5 8

Give Nokia a sales ban for what?, Being the most innovative company ever?

36. Taters posted on 16 Mar 2013, 10:22 3 3

Because they encourage sales bans.

38. Mozarrt posted on 16 Mar 2013, 10:25 2 5

Samsung shouldn't be infringing patents in the first place.

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41. Taters posted on 16 Mar 2013, 10:42 2 2

They weren't. Just the dumb ass American jury and Apple thought they were. Samsung has legal advisers with common sense. Apparently Nokia and Apple do not.

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45. Mozarrt posted on 16 Mar 2013, 11:17 1 3

Samsung lost the case, so apparently they were infringing in some stuff. Do your fanboy eyes really ignore that fact.

Anyway, I'd love to see Apple and Samsung burn and crash into the ground. Both pathetic companies.

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47. Taters posted on 16 Mar 2013, 11:20 2 1

They lost the case because companies like Apple wanted to throw their weight around. Samsung lawyers played their cards all wrong, they didn't infringe on obvious prior art.

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54. Fruitpoop posted on 16 Mar 2013, 12:08 3 0

The only country where Samsung lost is in the USA. And guess what? Apple is from the US. Samsung won in basically every country in Europe and Asia.

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70. -box- posted on 16 Mar 2013, 18:15 0 0

Taters, if Nokia were pro-sales bans, apple wouldn't have sold another product. Nokia could shut down the lines of any company that doesn't pay royalties if they were asinine bullies like apple.

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35. androiddownsouth posted on 16 Mar 2013, 09:54 5 1

Like or not like dark, who the hell thumbed this down? What he said is true, if Apple infringed on THX, THX should make them pay. We all know Apple would do it if the roles were reversed.

49. darkkjedii posted on 16 Mar 2013, 11:32 1 3

Exactly, I'm not one of these apple can do no wrong type of people. Some of apples business practices are not liked be me at all. Apple should be made to own up if they infringed.

40. Taters posted on 16 Mar 2013, 10:36 1 2

It is not that simple. Maybe to a delusional Apple fan like yourself but to everyone else it is more complicated. If they actually ban the iphone or ipad in the United States like they legally can, then the North American economy would be screwed. It is not simple at all.

Let's put it this way, if a company as meticulous and careful as Apple, with an army of lawyers/legal advisers, and 100 billion in the bank can potential get a sales ban or at least lose a lot of money from a railway company, THX, some patent whores etc. for ACCIDENTALLY using some technology or concepts that shouldn't be granted a patent in the first place, then there is something wrong with the patent system. you don't see anything wrong with this picture and how it isn't simple at all?

For example, say Samsung was a poor company and they truly thought prior art, and Apple still went after them hard and fluked out 1.05 billion( like they did) and sales bans. Samsung would go under for prior art and accidentally and unknowingly infringing on something Apple never should be granted in the first place. That is terrible and not simple at all.

Smaller companies just can't enter the industry anymore without spending millions in legal fees and still risk getting a sales ban if a company like Apple feels like going after them and the greedy patent whore players like Apple hold too much power.

The best case scenario would be for Apple to stop being a giant douche so the patent system wouldn't need fixing. However, I guess the next best thing would be for Apple to lose this badly and get their products banned. Then maybe Apple and Nokia would think twice about freely asking for or encouraging sales bans.

50. darkkjedii posted on 16 Mar 2013, 11:34 0 5

I'm not a delusional apple fan, I'm a very clear sighted techie.

68. SamsungTheSavior (banned) posted on 16 Mar 2013, 16:58 0 0

LOL that's the funniest thing I've read all day.

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78. Droiddoes posted on 17 Mar 2013, 12:23 0 0

LMAO, keep telling yourself that.

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58. phonemonkey posted on 16 Mar 2013, 12:49 0 0

define "ban"

59. Pdubb posted on 16 Mar 2013, 13:30 1 0

Apple itself would not screw the economy! They have made tons of money and they keep it out of the country to avoid high taxes. Many companies use this practice and they all hurt the economy. It would help if they were to actually build more plants and factories here. Even Samsung is building a plant here that could employ many more people here in the US than Apple. The biggest problem with our economy is credits. Most people I know buy their phones with a credit card and pay it off over time. Patent laws need reform but the true intent is at the center of this lawsuit. The only way to make Apple pay is to stop the sales of the product. They had to know THX had this patent so "accidentally" using the tech would be incorrect in my eyes.

67. Taters posted on 16 Mar 2013, 16:11 0 0

If they knew it existed, I am sure their legal advisers would tell them not to use it or license it first. The fact is, companies have to jump through too many hoops and license so many licenses now that it is almost impossible to keep track of. Or you have to license so many things that it simply a really big risk if you don't make it.

Microsoft, Nokia, Ericsson, and others already get a cut, although most are frand so that is okay. Apple and THX definitely should not get a cut though. You have to draw the line somewhere.

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71. -box- posted on 16 Mar 2013, 18:19 0 0

Is this actually dark or someone who added an i at the end?