Windows vs. Apple.

[wmsforties]

I hear apple is using a lot of Microsoft technology they ripped.....
Will Microsoft lay claim to their patents ?
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[TravisAntonio]

I hear apple is using a lot of Microsoft technology they ripped.....
Will Microsoft lay claim to their patents ?
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I think there is a law that Microsoft and Apple can't sue each other.

 

[lumpaywk]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I think there is a law that Microsoft and Apple can't sue each other.

Its not a law but they do have a gentleman's agreement that they will not sue each. Only they know the ins and outs of the deal but they cross license each others tech. Long story short if they did start to scrap like apple vs Samsung then both will lose out in a very long and very expensive exchange of blows that will most likely do nothing but limit both companies progression and revenue.

 

[darth5zaft]

Well, untill recently it look like Microsoft is trying to reap on apple

Creating a nice walled garden for themself

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[TravisAntonio]

Its not a law but they do have a gentleman's agreement that they will not sue each. Only they know the ins and outs of the deal but they cross license each others tech. Long story short if they did start to scrap like apple vs Samsung then both will lose out in a very long and very expensive exchange of blows that will most likely do nothing but limit both companies progression and revenue.

Thanks and that says it all, they will not sue each other.

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[crushme1]

Wise decision not to sue

I think it's a great, mature thing to do. All the circus with Apple and Samsung is bad for both companies.

 

[andrew-in-woking]

Apple & Google

Hi all

I think it's actually a case of Apple and Google. In this case Samsung are a proxy for Google.

The problem started when Eric Schmidt, who was on the Apple board, started developing Android as a touchscreen smartphone OS (not the original intention) having learnt about the plans for the iPhone through his role on the Apple board.

Steve Jobs felt very personally betrayed over this and famously said that he would spend Apple's last dollar to destroy Google's Android.

The more damage Apple can do to any manufacturer's ability to make money from Android, the more they damage Android itself.

God bless

andrew-in-woking

 

[Tone_]

Its not a law but they do have a gentleman's agreement that they will not sue each. Only they know the ins and outs of the deal but they cross license each others tech. Long story short if they did start to scrap like apple vs Samsung then both will lose out in a very long and very expensive exchange of blows that will most likely do nothing but limit both companies progression and revenue.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/13/3...cross-license-agreement-includes-anti-cloning

cross license -> http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1292505/584.pdf

 

[StevieBallz]

Apple and Microsoft simply have been competing and coexisting in the Desktop space for a very long time. They had to find a way to deal with the whole patent situation in a way that would not interfer too much with both there businesses which means cross licensing of basic functionalities while they both retain some exclusives.

This is actually the case in most established markets. Motorola and Nokia have a cross licensing agreement as well.

When Apple and later Google entered the Smartphone sector though they began competing with the established manufacturers. Having no networking IP themselves (or very little IP at all in Googles case) but lots of new ideas for the operating system and UI this pretty much led to disturbances in the balance of power in that market. It will take some more time before all companies involved figure out what is what again and then the whole patent business will vanish from the news while the money changes hands for patents as it always has.