I sense, after reading this post, that the writer is a blatant Apple hater!

Not at all. Quite the opposite. But I think that going offensive on patents is a sign of a problem, and I’d rather see Apple succeed by innovation, rather than litigation.

I mean, common, really, the number of patents one holds means nothing! Really? Who says so? Oh, you do, that’s who!

I explained my reasoning.

And of course, if you tried to stop someone from breaking into your home to steal your possessions, then based on your logic, then that would just mean that your just lazy and dirt cheap, because otherwise you could just easily replace those possessions rather than trying to protect them, because, after all, we all know that the world should be free to what ever they want to do to your stuff any old time they want to, right?

I said no such thing and you know it. Patents and physical property are two entirely different things. If I take physical property, you no longer have it. If I make something that you’ve patented, then we compete, which is good for the market, not bad.

Apparently to you, innovation just means being free to copy anything you want, or dare I say it, just steal it

You can only say that if you are totally ignorant of the law and what the word “steal” means.

Also apparent to you is the idea that trying to come up with something different, something original, and completely different than Apple’s patents is what defines real innovation, right?

I have no idea what you are trying to say here.

Based on your own logic, then it should be perfectly ok for Apple to also use any or all of Google’s search engine’s patents, anytime it wants, to just create its own rival search engine so it can run Google’s own into the ground, right?,

Sure, why not? It’s called competition. And, what we’ve already learned is just copying doesn’t matter. Most objective tests have shown that Yahoo’s search and Microsoft’s search (soon to be merged) are “as good as” if not “better” than Google’s. But Google still dominates. Just copying someone else doesn’t give you a lead in the marketplace.

Instead, you need to leapfrog them and do more. It’s the competition that leads to innovation, not the patents.

God forbid that someone actually try to innovate anything different or unique. Just use other people’s hard work, sweat and tears and avoid the hassle of your own!

Do that and fail. You’ll be way behind the leader and you won’t understand your product or audience as well.

There are studies that have proven this. But I find it amusing that you claim I “just said something” without backing it up and the your entire comment is exactly that, and shows ignorance of economics, the law and historical evidence.

Honestly, I sense absolutely no common sense in your post, but I do sense a whole lot of nonsense!

Ah, and cap it off with a misguided insult. Well, you’ve convinced me…