Judge Suggests Apple, Motorola Should Play Nice

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 21, 2012 @07:05PM from the keep-your-litigation-to-yourself dept.

sl4shd0rk writes "Federal Judge Richard Posner seems to be a man who gets the screwed up patent system in the U.S. As Apple pressed for more injunctions against Motorola regarding alleged patent infringement, Judge Posner has stressed the two companies should just 'get along' and pay each other royalties. A jury trial set to start last week was cancelled when Posner ruled that neither side could prove damages, and grilled Apple's legal team saying an injunction against Motorola would be 'contrary to the public interest.' Furthermore, as Apple tried to plead its injunction case concerning four patents, Posner called the U.S. patent system 'chaos' and said an order barring the sale of Motorola phones could have 'catastrophic effects.'"

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Re:"I dont think so, Mr. Powers..." by whisper_jeff · 2012-06-21 22:22 · Score: 0, Troll

Apple doesn't want a royalty. They want dominance. I hope the judge hands them their balls on a plate instead.
And Motorola? A company that is abusing FRAND patents? Nothing? No comment on what they're doing?
Of course not. This is Slashdot - everything Apple is evil and if anybody attempts to screw them over, even if it's utilizing anti-competitive tactics, it's ok because fuck Apple, right?
Yeah.
Hand-in-the-sand anti-Apple fanboyism is just as annoying as blindly loyal pro-Apple fanboyism.