Comment Re:Get a look at Apple's misdeeds and mischief (Score 1) 401
I visited your link and would ask the following of you. Do you mean to say that the filing of a lawsuit is fact that a company or individual has done wrong? I mean we all know that lawyers would never sue anyone unless they were guilty right? And today's society would never produce individuals so quick to jump on the lawsuit bandwagon that they join suit after suit. I mean by no means would I assume that any company is completely innocent but your reasoning is flawed.
What happened to innocent until proven guilty? By your logic the fact there are no frivilous lawsuits in existance. Lets take a look at our legal system for a moment:
Class Doesn't Click for Students
According to the San Antonio Express-News, a dozen students who took a Microsoft computer certification course at the Houston branch of Southern
Methodist University are suing the school, contending they were misled the course would be easy.
The 12 enrolled in June 1997 and all failed certification tests that would have made them eligible for jobs overseeing Microsoft computer systems.
Jason Crowson, the groups attorney said: They were told all they had to know how to do was point a mouse and click.
Beer Doesn't Equal Success With Women
A man sued Anhauser-Busch for $10,000 for false advertising. He claimed that he suffered physical and mental injury and emotional distress from the implicit promises in the advertisements. When he drank beer, he did not have success with women, plus he got sick.
Bank Robber Hurt in Act Sues
A convicted bank robber, on parole, robbed a California Savings and Loan branch. The bank robber placed the money roll containing a hidden "Security Pac" in his front pocket. The Security Pac released tear gas and red dye, resulting in second and third degree burns that required treatment at a hospital. The bank robber sued the bank, the Security Pac manufacturer, the city, the police and the hospital.
Our mistake, we thought you were the offender
A convicted rapist has sued the hospital where he raped a patient in her bed, saying the hospital failed to protect visitors and patients, allowing him to commit the crime. The man is seeking $2 million from the hospital for his pain and suffering.
or my personal favorite:
Take My Seat And It Will Cost You
A tort law professor at Pace University pulled the seat out from under one of his students in order to demonstrate personal injury lawsuits. Ironically, the student is now suing the professor for severe mental and physical anguish for pulling the stunt. She wants $5 million from the professor and is suing the law school as well.
They've started to feed on their own, about time!
http://www.calahouston.org/best96.html for a few more examples.
To get back to the original subject..software patents are a reality of doing business today. It's unfortunate but many companies who were once producers of technology are now more than happy to try and make their profit by filing lawsuits claiming prior art instead of innovating at all. Any company that does not file patents to protect itself is setting itself up for a fall.
=^Genesis^=
What happened to innocent until proven guilty? By your logic the fact there are no frivilous lawsuits in existance. Lets take a look at our legal system for a moment:
Class Doesn't Click for Students
According to the San Antonio Express-News, a dozen students who took a Microsoft computer certification course at the Houston branch of Southern
Methodist University are suing the school, contending they were misled the course would be easy.
The 12 enrolled in June 1997 and all failed certification tests that would have made them eligible for jobs overseeing Microsoft computer systems.
Jason Crowson, the groups attorney said: They were told all they had to know how to do was point a mouse and click.
Beer Doesn't Equal Success With Women
A man sued Anhauser-Busch for $10,000 for false advertising. He claimed that he suffered physical and mental injury and emotional distress from the implicit promises in the advertisements. When he drank beer, he did not have success with women, plus he got sick.
Bank Robber Hurt in Act Sues
A convicted bank robber, on parole, robbed a California Savings and Loan branch. The bank robber placed the money roll containing a hidden "Security Pac" in his front pocket. The Security Pac released tear gas and red dye, resulting in second and third degree burns that required treatment at a hospital. The bank robber sued the bank, the Security Pac manufacturer, the city, the police and the hospital.
Our mistake, we thought you were the offender
A convicted rapist has sued the hospital where he raped a patient in her bed, saying the hospital failed to protect visitors and patients, allowing him to commit the crime. The man is seeking $2 million from the hospital for his pain and suffering.
or my personal favorite:
Take My Seat And It Will Cost You
A tort law professor at Pace University pulled the seat out from under one of his students in order to demonstrate personal injury lawsuits. Ironically, the student is now suing the professor for severe mental and physical anguish for pulling the stunt. She wants $5 million from the professor and is suing the law school as well.
They've started to feed on their own, about time!
http://www.calahouston.org/best96.html for a few more examples.
To get back to the original subject..software patents are a reality of doing business today. It's unfortunate but many companies who were once producers of technology are now more than happy to try and make their profit by filing lawsuits claiming prior art instead of innovating at all. Any company that does not file patents to protect itself is setting itself up for a fall.
=^Genesis^=
