As a lawyer it pains me to admit that the only real victors in the “back and forth” patent wars is……yep, the lawyers. The latest “victory” for Apple saw the tech giant awarded nearly $120m against Samsung. Sounds great but the original claim from Apple ran into the billions and in part here lies the…
is this really resolving the problem? The closure of IsoHunt and the $110,000,000+ in damages is another victory for the music and movie industry and highlights that copyright infringement law in its current guise is sufficiently robust to tackle the major infringers. However, as we all know from the past experience of Megaupload, Napster and…
According to the BBC website, digital media is now seen as “mainstream”. No idea what makes something mainstream but seems to me that downloading (whether legal or illegal) has been “mainstream” for some time. Yes – I accept that some will still prefer the look and feel of physical media (my mum still rues the…
No – this isn’t HMRC asking for a larger slice by way of tax – instead we now have shareholders taking actions against Apple for not distributing its ever growing pile of (offshore) cash reserves. In fairness – he has a point in that you invest in a company in the hope of generating a…
