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Originally Posted by ken0042
So, here's a thought. Let's say next time it isn't Apple, but me personally, I come up with a phone that will...... let's say make sparks fly out a monkey's butt. Nobody else has that feature, and once its released everybody will want it. Now I approach AT&T and ask them for some help with funding and getting the prottotype ready. With this lawsuit successful, AT&T might tell me that they'd all love to have the sparks flying out the monkey's butt, however they can't keep it proprietary for a certain length of time, so no dice.
And the world is deprived of the spark feature.
Of course Apple has the resources for their own R&D, but why should they not be allowed to team up with somebody? Drug companies do the same thing; and that's for things that save peoples' lives. Should technology not get the same treatment; just because it moves along at a faster pace than other things?
Just throwing this out as Devil's advocate. I understand what you guys are saying, but I can also see the business side of this too.
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But Ken, they do get the same treatment. It is called a patent. You can bet Apple is watching for patent infringement.
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