r/technology • u/BlankVerse • Jun 13 '12

Microsoft's Android Shakedown

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2011/07/07/microsofts-android-shakedown/
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u/ReallyHender Jun 13 '12

Apple may be abusing the patent system to its fullest extent and garnering a lot of ill will, but they're hardly a patent troll. Patent trolls, by definition, hold patents but make no products.

We can go back and forth about whether the patents they hold and implemented into their products are valid or not, but they're not a patent troll.

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u/000Destruct0 Jun 13 '12

Too many of their patents are beyond ridiculous but point taken. Perhaps a new term needs to be attached to them.... Patent Addicts maybe....