> Now that Google has acquired Motorola, they have the patents to go after anybody they want and that's exactly what they are doing.
Let's be clear: They've sued Apple, the one person who's been unwilling to cross-license their patents. They aren't suing Microsoft. They aren't suing Oracle. They aren't suing anyone else at this point.
Apple, on the other hand, has been suing every Android manufacturer under the sun with the full intention of destroying Android.
Is there any evidence to suggest that Google is unwilling to end this silliness, or are you just conjecturing based on their willingness to strike back while Apple remains unwilling?
Let's be even more clear: there isn't a genuine equivalence between Apple suing Samsung and Samsung suing Apple. Even Google's lawyers told Samsung to change their designs.
The false equivalence that you and many other people continually try to draw in this thread and every other one like it has poisoned the well.
Nokia sues Apple over something? No big deal.
Apple sues Samsung over obvious copycat products? End of world.
Apple writes $10 bln check to Nokia without much fuss? Serves em right!
Samsung might owe Apple a couple billion? End of world.
There's a reason Apple sued Android first. and the consistent meme here that it's because Apple is the big bad is, frankly, total bullshit. Google et al. made conscious decisions to copy Apple's products.
Now maybe Apple also made a conscious decision to steal Motorola's tech. Maybe Apple's innovations are bullshit, obvious, non-new. OTOH maybe it isn't and maybe Motorola's is. In that case why should Apple cross license it's actual innovations to someone who wants to knock off their products? In that case, Fuck Samsung and Googlerola -- they can write checks just like Apple did to Nokia. Hardly the end of the world.
> Let's be even more clear: there isn't a genuine equivalence between Apple suing Samsung and Samsung suing Apple.
Point me to where I said anything about this case other than "Apple, on the other hand, has been suing every Android manufacturer under the sun with the full intention of destroying Android.", which I think is nearly inarguable at this point.
> Even Google's lawyers told Samsung to change their designs.
While Google did tell Samsung to change their design, I have no reason to believe that it was their lawyers (and thus had any legal weight, which is what "Google's lawyers" implies).
> The false equivalence that you and many other people continually try to draw in this thread and every other one like it has poisoned the well.
While I'm glad you've studied your rhetorical devices, can you explain what false equivalence I'm drawing? If it's Samsung v. Apple and Apple v. Samsung, see above. I didn't say anything about these cases, particularly about Samsung suing Apple.
I'll also note your response didn't contain any evidence of Google being unwilling to end this (or of Apple being willing to, but I didn't ask for that).
> Nokia sues Apple over something? No big deal.
Didn't mention this, please don't put others opinions in my mouth.
> Apple sues Samsung over obvious copycat products? End of world.
Didn't specifically mention this case anywhere.
> Apple writes $10 bln check to Nokia without much fuss? Serves em right!
Didn't mention this, at all. Anywhere.
> Samsung might owe Apple a couple billion? End of world.
Didn't mention this.
Please don't paint me with the brush of others. I make the comments in the context of my opinions, not others.
> Google et al. made conscious decisions to copy Apple's products.
Then why hasn't Apple sued Google directly? It's their software, yet Apple only goes after manufacturers.
> In that case, Fuck Samsung and Googlerola -- they can write checks just like Apple did to Nokia. Hardly the end of the world.
Again, show me that Apple has approached Google about licensing it's patents, or is even open to it. They aren't looking for a check, they're looking for the eradication of the platform. I'm going to ignore Samsung -- I'm not talking about them here, only you are.
Let's be clear: They've sued Apple, the one person who's been unwilling to cross-license their patents. They aren't suing Microsoft. They aren't suing Oracle. They aren't suing anyone else at this point.
Apple, on the other hand, has been suing every Android manufacturer under the sun with the full intention of destroying Android.
Is there any evidence to suggest that Google is unwilling to end this silliness, or are you just conjecturing based on their willingness to strike back while Apple remains unwilling?