[nba456_]

How could you have worked at Apple during the entire Samsung lawsuit and say Apple has no history of suing competitors over IP theft?

[JKCalhoun]

You're right—I didn't mean to suggest they've never sued competitors. Some companies are just known to be litigious—I've never put Apple in that bucket. (And maybe I have blinders on. It's certainly fair to blame me for being biased.)

[EPWN3D]

Because Apple didn't sue Samsung over IP theft. They sued them over copyright infringement.

[bradyd]

It was actually patent infringement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electron....

[inigyou]

Copyright infringement is a sub-category of IP theft. Other types of IP theft include trademark infringement, and patent infringement.

[EPWN3D]

Sure, I guess. But I think people reading this thread are drawing a line between "Copying the publicly-visible IP" and "Inducing employees to walk out with trade secrets in hand." No one at Samsung was facing prison time. People at OpenAI very well could.