[thebruce87m]

What’s the alternative? Not play the patent game and die by the patent anyway?

[stupidcar]

For most people and companies, yes. But for Apple? They could have used their money and influence to campaign for patent reform.

[jebarker]

Why would they do that?

[Redoubts]

Deadweight loss of needing to maintain a patent portfolio to defend against other infringement cases?

[bjtitus]

Should've started after the IAP patent troll debacle.

[serf]

abiding by the laws and weaponizing the law for your own benefit are two different things.

[seanmcdirmid]

Such companies probably exist, we just never hear about them because of survival bias.

[niceice]

Open source patents, like Tesla does.

[sandworm101]

>> What’s the alternative?

Don't play the game of building products that are subject to other people's patents. If in doubt, buy them out. Pay for the international rights regardless of whether you think a patent invalid in some market. Apple isn't exactly struggling for cash at the moment. It can afford to pay for the patent rather than stage what is starting to look like a PR event.