tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923005810906159036.post5553055745825569133..comments2024-03-05T15:48:10.814+00:00Comments on IP finance: Apple and the IPhone: Can We Expect a Patent War?Anne Fairpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579190868405783459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923005810906159036.post-36483503648847986802009-03-02T16:00:00.000+00:002009-03-02T16:00:00.000+00:00One thing to make of it. When IP is used as a club...One thing to make of it. When IP is used as a club to scare off technological development then we need to examine carefully our rationale for giving that club to one company. When companies are anxious to fight battles in the courtroom instead of the marketplace what does it say about their real willingness to let consumers choose the best product?<BR/>When a company builds an identity as cool, hip and postmodern, how much to they sabotage that identify by resorting to threats worthy of the most plebeian commodity chemical company?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com