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Former Sun CEO: Tech Companies Suing Over Patents Is An Act Of Desperation
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| Schwartz tells the story of Steve Jobs
| calling him and threatening Sun with a
| patent infringement lawsuit, to which
| Schwartz quickly warned Jobs that going down
| that path would lead to a patent nuclear
| war, as he pointed out how recent Apple
| products likely infringed on Sun patents. He
| then tells another story about a visit from
| Bill Gates, with a similar threat over
| patents -- and a similar response, pointing
| out that Microsoft clearly copied certain
| Sun technology. In both cases, the
| counterweight made the threats go away. This
| is the whole "nuclear stockpiling" scenario
| -- and, as such, it creates a ton of waste.
| You have to keep building up those
| stockpiles just to make sure the other side
| is too scared to sue you.
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http://www.techdirt.com/blog/itinnovation/articles/20100310/0117178493.shtml
Gates Asked for IP Royalties for OpenOffice from Sun Microsystems
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| Sometime between 2003 and 2006, Microsoft
| Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer and
| Co-founder and chairman Bill Gates visited
| Sun Microsystems. It wasnât a courtesy
| visit, according to Jonathan Ian Schwartz,
| Former CEO of Sun Microsystems. The
| Microsoft duo were on a mission to convince
| Scott McNealy, Sunâs then CEO, to enter into
| a patent licensing agreement with the
| Redmond company. Moreover, Gates wanted
| compensation for the patents that Sun
| Microsystems was allegedly violating with
| OpenOffice, a rival product of Microsoftâs
| own Office productivity suite. Sun resisted.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gates-Asked-for-IP-Royalties-for-OpenOffice-from-Sun-Microsystems-137090.shtml
Former Sun CEO claims Jobs threatened lawsuit in 2003
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/09/exec.responded.with.his.own.threats/
Apple Tried to Bully Sun With Lawsuit Threats in 2003
http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Tried+to+Bully+Sun+With+Lawsuit+Threats+in+2003/article17863.htm
Apple and Microsoft "threatened to sue Sun"
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/356299/apple-and-microsoft-threatened-to-sue-sun
Ex-Sun CEO dishes dirt: Steve Jobs as Apple "patent troll"
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15723/ex_sun_ceo_dishes_dirt_steve_jobs_as_apple_patent_troll
Former Sun CEO Says Apple's Jobs Threatened To Sue Co In 2003
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100309-716589.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Former Sun CEO Schwartz dishes on patent fights with Jobs, Gates
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?&entry_id=58791
Daily Dose - Schwartz: Apple and Microsoft Tried to Sue Me Too!
http://java.dzone.com/dose/dzone-daily-dose-311&default=false&zid=159&browser=16&mid=0&refresh=0
Steve Jobs threatened to sue, says former Sun CEO Schwartz
http://mac.blorge.com/2010/03/10/steve-jobs-threatened-to-sue-says-ex-sun-ceo/
Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz describes Steve Jobs showdown
http://www.cultofmac.com/former-sun-ceo-jonathan-schwartz-describes-steve-jobs-showdown/33065
Sun fended off Apple, Microsoft IP lawsuit threats
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20000215-264.html
Former Sun CEO: Steve Jobs threatened to sue us over patents too
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/09/former_sun_ceo_steve_jobs_threatened_to_sue_us_over_patents_too.html
Former Sun Microsystems CEO: HTC Isn't the First Company to Face Legal Threats From Steve Jobs
http://www.fastcompany.com/1577638/former-sun-microsystems-ceo-htc-isnt-the-first-company-to-face-legal-threats-from-steve-jobs
Ex-Sun boss spills the beans on Apple patent threats
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2259253/sun-threatened-apple
Schwartz on Steve Jobsâ âbullying tacticsâ
http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2010/03/schwartz-on-steve-jobs-bullying-tactics/
Former Sun CEO Takes Tech Titans to Task Over Patent Trolling
http://ostatic.com/blog/former-sun-ceo-takes-tech-titans-to-task-over-patent-trolling
Mobile Face-Off: Apple vs. Microsoft
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| The concern is that Microsoft's Windows 7
| mobile operating system has the iPhone's
| market in its sights and that Microsoft has
| a deep background in software patents to
| back it up.
|
| One worry for Google is that Apple's legal
| battle with HTC may weaken the momentum of
| Android-powered phones.
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http://www.thestreet.com/story/10698768/1/mobile-face-off-apple-vs-microsoft.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEFI
Recent:
Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
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| I feel for Google â Steve Jobs threatened
| to sue me, too.
|
| In 2003, after I unveiled a prototype Linux
| desktop called Project Looking Glass*,
| Steve called my office to let me know the
| graphical effects were âstepping all over
| Appleâs IP.â (IP = Intellectual Property =
| patents, trademarks and copyrights.) If we
| moved forward to commercialize it, âIâll
| just sue you.â
|
| [...]
|
| As in life, bluster and threat are
| commonplace in business â especially the
| technology business. So that interaction
| was good preparation for a later meeting
| with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. Theyâd
| flown in over a weekend to meet with Scott
| McNealy, Sunâs then CEO â who asked me and
| Greg Papadopoulos (Sunâs CTO) to accompany
| him. As we sat down in our Menlo Park
| conference room, Bill skipped the small
| talk, and went straight to the point,
| âMicrosoft owns the office productivity
| market, and our patents read all over
| OpenOffice.â OpenOffice is a free office
| productivity suite found on tens of
| millions of desktops worldwide. Itâs a
| tremendous brand ambassador for its owner â
| it also limits the appeal of Microsoft
| Office to businesses and those forced to
| pirate it. Bill was delivering a slightly
| more sophisticated variant of the threat
| Steve had made, but he had a different
| solution in mind. âWeâre happy to get you
| under license.â That was code for âWeâll go
| away if you pay us a royalty for every
| downloadâ â the digital version of a
| protection racket.
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http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/
Jonathan Schwartz: What He Couldn't Say (on Patents, OpenOffice, and Bill Gates)
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100309201407886
Jonathan Schwartz: How to play patent games with Steve Jobs, Bill Gates
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=31749
Former Sun CEO Schwartz dishes on patent fights with Jobs, Gates
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| Former Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan
| Schwartz has a nice insider take on the
| latest patent craze including how he sent
| Apple's Steve Jobs and Microsoft's Bill
| Gates packing when they came looking for a
| fight.
|
| [...]
|
| In the case of Bill Gates, Schwartz said
| Gates tried to extract a licensing royalty
| for OpenOffice, a free productivity suite
| developed by Sun, because Gates said it
| copied Microsoft Office.
|
| Schwartz responded by drawing comparisons
| between Microsoft's .NET platform and Sun's
| Java technology, which he believed was some
| of the inspiration for .NET. "We've looked
| at .NET, and you're trampling all over a
| huge number of Java patents. So what will
| you pay us for every copy of Windows?"
| Schwartz asked. That brought the meeting to
| a hasty close, he said.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?entry_id=58791&plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:06eabfa8-e68a-40c1-ab44-20d959a311d4
Popularity is killing Android
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| AS ANDROID SWEEPS across the smartphone
| market like a wave of locusts over a land
| that is strewn with Windows Mobile devices
| cast by the wayside, Google's idealistic
| open source, embrace all attitude is
| starting to look naive.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/1594673/popularity-killing-android
Would 2010 Steve Jobs Sue 1996 (Or 1984) Steve Jobs Over Patents?
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| ...Steve Jobs noted how Apple was
| "shameless about stealing great ideas."
| But in the announcement about the HTC
| lawsuit, he has a different perspective:
| "competitors should create their own
| original technology, not steal ours."
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100302/1303598369.shtml
Eversheds comment: Apple sues HTC for patent infringements
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| Commentators suggest that this action by
| Apple is actually targeted at Google's
| open source Android operating system,
| rather than relating just to HTC's
| smartphones. HTC is one of the most
| prominent handset manufacturers globally
| to have developed products based on the
| Android operating system, using it in its
| Hero and Nexus One phones.
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http://press.eversheds.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=1571&NewsAreaID=328
APPLE AGONISTES
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| Apple's iTunes store has always dictated
| the terms of its dealings with record
| labels. As such, the largest U.S. music
| retailer has never censured the labels
| over marketing or promotion strategies.
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http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/upfront/e3i5207f9d259b81f62d46a894f7a55e1bd
Apple May Anger The Antitrust Gods: Pressuring Labels To Stop Participating In Amazon Daily MP3 Deals
http://techdirt.com/articles/20100303/1051248391.shtml
Steve Jobs, 1996: "Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal"
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| Oh, hello! A trip to the YouTube wayback
| machine shows that 1996's Steve "Great
| Artists Steal" Jobs might have taken issue
| with Steve Jobs 2010, and his patent
| lawsuit firebombing of HTC. Irony!
|
| The comment was made during a 1996 PBS
| documentary called "Triumph of the Nerds,"
| and looks a smidge hypocritical in light
| of today's events. As does this one...
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http://gizmodo.com/5483914/steve-jobs-1996-good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal
Steve Jobs: Good artists copy great artists steal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU&feature=player_embedded
Apple Goes Offensive On Patents: Sues HTC
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| It's usually a sign that a company is
| worried that it can't keep up with the
| competition.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100302/1031458365.shtml
An Open Letter to Steve Jobs Concerning the HTC Lawsuits.
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| But when you sue someone for doing
| something you do yourself, you become one
| of the bad guys. Can you name a company
| you admire that spends its time enforcing
| patents, instead of innovating? Remember
| the pirate flag you flew over Apple's
| headquarters when you were building the
| Mac? Is Apple part of the Navy now?
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http://wilshipley.com/blog/2010/03/open-letter-to-steve-jobs-concerning.html
Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch: Letâs Sue the Internet
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| So Apple is suing HTC, the premier
| manufacturer of Android-based phones,
| including Googleâs Nexus One. And Rupert
| Murdoch is suing Googleâor so he says.
|
| [...]
|
| Itâs a Steve thing. Not just a temper
| tantrum. But an operatic one. Itâs Steve
| Jobsâ signature: pride and paranoia.
| Behind it, too, is the motivation of all
| great competitorsâthey really donât want
| to compete, they want the market for
| themselves. Now itâs Google, rather than
| Microsoft, copying him. Itâs Googleâs
| phone heâs out to get. Heâs pissed off:
| Google controls the Internet and all he
| controls is his rotten phone.
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http://www.newser.com/off-the-grid/post/410/steve-jobs-and-rupert-murdoch-lets-sue-the-internet.html
Apple sues HTC over phone patents
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8545976.stm
Apple sues HTC for patent infringements in Android phones
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Apple-sues-HTC-for-patent-infringements-in-Android-phones-944567.html
Apple Goes After HTC In Lawsuit Over 20 iPhone Patents
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| Apple is using its strong patent portfolio
| to fight iPhone competitors in court. Its
| latest target is HTC. Apple has filed a
| patent infringement lawsuit against the cell
| phone manufacturer. The suit involves â20
| Apple patents related to the iPhoneâs user
| interface, underlying architecture and
| hardware.â
|
| Steve Jobs is quoted in a press release
| saying: âWe can sit by and watch competitors
| steal our patented inventions, or we can do
| something about it. Weâve decided to do
| something about it. We think competition is
| healthy, but competitors should create their
| own original technology, not steal ours.â
| The lawsuit itself is not available yet
| online. Weâve asked Apple for a copy.
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http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/02/apple-goes-after-htc-in-lawsuit-over-20-iphone-patents/
Apple Taps ITC to Kneecap Google
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| Apple has enlisted the patent court and the
| U.S. International Trade Commission in an
| effort to kneecap Google. The company this
| morning filed a lawsuit against HTC â which
| makes Googleâs Nexus One, among other
| Android handsets â claiming the Taiwanese
| manufacturer has infringed on 20 of its
| patents ârelated to the iPhoneâs user
| interface, underlying architecture and
| hardware.â But the move may have more to do
| with Androidâs rapid growth than actual
| patent sins.
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http://gigaom.com/2010/03/02/apple-taps-itc-to-kneecap-google/
Apple Sues HTC For 20 Patent Violations In Phones
http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/03/02/1557212
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