[governance] A Bigger, Meaner Patent War

[Riaz K Tayob]

[The patent thickets that cause unpredictability and uncertainty... a 
policy of the USG along with many many other countries reaps its long 
term fruits...]
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Published on 25 June 2012 @ 1:42 pm

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By Steven Seidenberg <http://www.ip-watch.org/author/sseidenberg/> for 
Intellectual Property Watch

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.

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.

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.

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