Apple basically came into the phone industry, built upon the innovations of all others of the past decades, added their innovative ideas, a highly-polished UI and then flat-out refused that others ever could use these improvements of theirs.
Apple shocked many of the incumbents who believed they had a stable oligopoly and could now be lazy. This is the positive effect Apple had, and they have earned handsome profits for it so they really have no need to exploit the patent system for the last penny. I hope they realize this gradually.
Apple shocked many of the incumbents who believed they had a stable oligopoly and could now be lazy. This is the positive effect Apple had, and they have earned handsome profits for it so they really have no need to exploit the patent system for the last penny. I hope they realize this gradually.