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| Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, April 03 2013 @ 11:28 AM EDT |
OK. But let's turn it around. Samsung had a
good faith belief that it was not infringing
or copying illegally anything protectable of
Apple's.
Both could have said to the public what its
good faith belief was, and then left it to
the courts to sort through.
Instead, Apple maligned Samsung, called it
a copycat and a deliberate infringer. It is
*still* doing so, whining to the court that
Samsung hasn't had any immediate consequences
from the bad behavior it committed.
And then lo and behold, it loses the main
claim, its crown jewel patent. Does it go
out to all the media and clear Samsung's name
from all the smears that the company has had
to endure? No?
See why Apple is not earning our respect as
to its unpleasantly aggressive legal conduct?
And do you see now why the UK court forced
Apple to post a notice that Samsung had not
copied a UK patent? Sorry, but Apple has
to live with its PR, which it created, and
when it loses, it's a big fall.
People make the same mistake, not just companies.
They think that because they are really mad
and think they are in the right, that they'll
naturally win in litigation. But litigation
is not predictable. That's why FOSSPatents ends
up with egg on its face over and over, because
it insists on predicting things. And now it
looks foolish too, and all the folks who bet
on this case, er, I mean invested, now find out
that betting on litigation makes you the fool.
Lincoln said that the best lawyers keep their
clients out of courtrooms. And this is why.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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