Google's Cowardly Patent Assertions

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Jim Dalrymple on Google's recent patent assertions:

So, Let me get this straight. Apple spent billions of dollars researching the best interface for mobile devices and patented their findings. Those methods of interacting with a mobile device became so popular, Google illegally integrated them in its inferior Android operating system.

I was going to comment on this, but Jim nails it. Google knows that they stole Apple's ideas and they are terrified because Apple will win with their recent mother of all patents decision.

On Intellectual Property and the Defense Thereof

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Jack Purcher on the "mother of all patents" Apple was awarded:

In 2007, Samsung, HTC, Google and all others in the industry didn’t have a smartphone with the likes of Apple’s iPhone features. They didn’t have the solutions that Apple eloquently brought to market to make a smartphone truly smart. Apple carefully and meticulously crafted a full end-to-end smartphone solution. So when the copycats and their followers whine in public and on blogs that Apple should learn to compete instead of initiate litigation – I bowl over with laughter.

Killian Bell acknowledges what Purcher said, but follows immediately with this:

Admittedly, it does appear that Apple uses its legal team to fight the opposition all too frequently.

This kind of thinking blows my mind. Apple should defend it's intellectual property. Jobs said in no uncertain terms at the iPhone launch event in 2007, "And boy have we patented it".

Pull-To-Refresh

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Sarah Perez, on 'Pull-To-Refresh":

And if you’re wondering why there’s been so much interest in this one patent app, when every tech company under the sun has stockpiles of patents at their disposal, it comes down to the nature of the interaction being published. It’s a feature that feels so obvious, so natural, and so much like the way things are supposed to work on iOS devices, that many assumed it would eventually be translated into the core Apple apps. It feels like something Apple itself should have patented, then graciously suggested to iOS developers and designers that it’s the preferred way to refresh data in their apps.

I am so annoyed that iOS Mail and Safari apps don't have this feature. I couldn't agree with the above statement more.