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Broken Patent System? Google, Apple Disagree

Posted by kdawson on from the with-a-straight-face dept.

Whiney Mac Fanboy writes "The AlwaysOn Stanford Summit featured the panel discussion 'The Patent Crisis: Crossroads for the Business of Technology.' Speakers included patent lawyers from Google, IBM, and Apple. According to The Register, Google's and Apple's patent jocks had diametrically opposing views. Google's head of patents believes the system is in crisis: 'The Patent Office is overburdened,' she said. 'The volume of patents going in is huge. And the quality of patents coming out — it could be better.' But Apple's chief patent counsel said the US patent system was 'not broken' and 'not in crisis,' calling it 'the best in the world.'"

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  1. Apple Says Patent System is Like a Battery... by bcolflesh · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...it never needs replacing!

    1. Re:Apple Says Patent System is Like a Battery... by The13thSin · · Score: 4, Funny

      And Google just perceives everything to be still in beta!

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      "This should be fun, and by fun, I mean a wholly depressing insight into the cognitive ability of some grown adults."
  2. Not only confusion with the patents by CrackedButter · · Score: 4, Funny

    But who do I take sides with? Who is the evil one here, the one in the wrong? Are you sure the article isn't missing a paragraph by a Microsoft manager or something, I need to attack somebody needlessly and follow someone mindlessly!

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    Jonathanjk.com
  3. In other news... by cerelib · · Score: 4, Funny

    That night Apple submitted a patent for "A handheld device capable of playback of digital audio."(No link needed, this is the full text of the submission) which was immediately, and without review, approved by the head of the USPTO himself.