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No, you wouldn't.

If you don't think that Apple has more to lose from America's insane patent system than they could possibly stand to gain, I'd submit that you haven't thought the question through all the way.

Do you think even they could afford to pay treble damages on every patent claim they actually infringe?



This is the point I keep trying to make in this argument. In the long run this suit sets a bad precedent for everybody, including Apple.

The patent trolls are licking their chops after this judgement.


Oh, but Apple has been operating in this insane environment for 30+ years and trolls come out of the woodwork every week trying to get some quick buck off of them. And Apple has had lost a few IP fights in its years.

I'm confident to say Apple and its army of lawyers will be doing just fine in America's insane patent system.

So the answer is no, I do not think Apple is incompetent enough to have to pay triple damages on every patent claim they actually infringe or do not infringe.




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