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[The patent thickets that cause unpredictability and uncertainty...
a policy of the USG along with many many other countries reaps its
long term fruits...]<br>
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<h2 class="posttitle"><strong><em>US Perspectives</em></strong><br>
A Bigger, Meaner Patent War <img
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<small>Published on 25 June 2012 @ 1:42 pm</small>
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<p>By <a href="http://www.ip-watch.org/author/sseidenberg/"
title="Posts by Steven Seidenberg" rel="author">Steven
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<p>It’s been called a patent war, and it’s raging over much of the
globe. In at least ten countries – including the United States,
Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and South Korea – Apple is
locked in ferocious legal battles against Google, Samsung and
HTC over whose smartphones and tablets infringe whose patents. </p>
<p>There’s a lot a stake: Damages could run into billions of
dollars. Even worse, the loser could wind up being forbidden to
sell its products in various markets. </p>
<p>This costly, high-stakes global patent war may seem
unprecedented. But according to many experts, that’s only partly
true. In many ways, this patent war is similar to major patent
disputes in the past. And it is likely a foretaste of more
patent wars in the future.</p>
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