@Watchman, thks for the document. :-)

 

First I need to understand where you stand. If you are just using technology as means to an end either for commerce or any other gains, then it would not be possible to discuss further. If you are an Open Source person who is the middle and also using the technology as a means to an end either for commerce or other gains, then again it would be difficult to have.

 

However if you are pure MAC, then it would be worth reading and discussing the IP rights that are in conflict. I can tell you Samsung make a better screen than what is found on the iPhone. The icons that are in dispute nowhere near to the claimed conflicts. I also don't like this use of wording in the first para " Before the iPhone, cell phones were utilitarian devices with key pads for dialing and small, passive display screens that did not allow for touch control.". This is not true, windows smart phones and even the Treo's had touch screen devices for a number of years.

 

Rgds. :-)

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