http://hothardware.com/cs/search/SearchResults.aspx?s=46&o=DateDescending&tag=Samsung,Google&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'Samsung' and 'Google'en-USCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/p/62081/431427.aspx#431427Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:34:15 GMTba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:431427mhenriday<p>That the patent system in the US, like that country&#39;s (in)justice system, is broken is obvious. But I am a bit surprised that more users don&#39;t seem to react to the manner in which Apple in particular takes advantage of the system and rather more or less excuse the company by saying that &laquo;everybody does it&raquo;. From what I have seen, not all firms use patents to inhibit competition, as do, to take two salient examples, Apple and Oracle, but instead employ them defensively to guard against being sued themselves. Isn&#39;t it about time that we, as users, make known our dissatisfaction with competition by lawyer, rather than competition by means of innovation, product quality, and price ?...</p> <p>Henri</p>