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Judge Slams Apple-Motorola Suit As 'Business Strategy'

Posted by timothy on from the stating-the-obvious dept.

jfruh writes "Faced with an Apple vs. Motorola lawsuit that involves 180 claims and counterclaims across 12 patents, a judge in Florida has thrown up his hands and accused both companies of acting in bad faith. Claiming the parties' were engaged in 'obstreperous and cantankerous conduct', he said that the lawsuit was part of 'a business strategy that appears to have no end.'"

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  1. Re:No sir by whisper_jeff · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, I believe he's implying that Apple AND GOOGLE are using lawsuits as a business strategy against each other.

  2. Until by SuperKendall · · Score: 0, Troll

    everyone got along and licensed their patents to each other through FRAND ...right up until Apple came along and started making so much money that companies that had licensed out patents at reasonable terms to everyone else demanded Apple pay far more. Thus making a mockery of FRAND.

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    "There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
    1. Re:Until by UltraZelda64 · · Score: 1, Troll

      Apple itself is a mockery of all that is decent in this world and has been for many years.