Apple Claims Samsung and Motorola Patent Monopoly

esocid writes with a bit in Daily Tech about the ongoing spat between Apple and the rest of the mobile world. From the article: "Apple lawyers are crying foul about Samsung, and ... Motorola's allegedly 'anticompetitive,' use of patents. ... Apparently Apple is irate about these companies' countersuits, which rely largely on patents covering wireless communications, many of which are governed by the 'fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory' (F/RAND) principle, as they were developed as part of industry standards. ... Apple takes issue with the fact that Motorola in its countersuit declines to differentiate the 7 F/RAND patents in its 18 patent collection. ... Regardless of what Florian Mueller says, it's hard to dispute that the 'rules' of F/RAND are largely community dictated and ambiguous."

Comments

Re:World Class Hypocrisy

[Joce640k]

Here's Steve Jobs explaining his point of view on design

Re:How dare they sue us!

[Anonymous Coward]

You do realize the 'tablets' shown in this movie were display only (a monitor) and had no means of input whatsoever, even in the movie?

Re:There, finally

[Thagg]

The patent that Apple has used to pull Samsung Galaxy Tabs from the shelves isn't a software patent. It's a design patent for a thin, rounded-rectangle, flatscreen computer. It's even more absurd.