EDIT: And to be clear, this isn’t a case of just having to pay the people who developed the tech for a license. The patent trolls who hold the license aren’t willing to sell Apple a license, unless Apple switches to use their hardware or partner with them to work on Apple’s hardware. There is no excuse. Markets can’t work when governments grant arbitrary legal monopolies on ideas like this.
I'm also usually strongly against patents, especially for software, but I think your characterization is completely off base here.
The company produces and sells watches with the technology. It's not a patent troll.
Entitlement?
Technology that’s been around since the 30’s and has been put in many other devices including other fitness devices. Putting something in watch form is hardly innovation.
This IS NOT A PATENT TROLL. Please don't water down our language by lumping all patent licensors in with patent trolls. The phrase was created with a purpose in mind and you're harming that with your use.
But intellectual property goes way too far.
You’re describing intellectual property..
> I like trademarks which disallow other companies than Apple from selling products called “Apple Watch” or other companies than Samsung from selling “Samsung Galaxy S” series phones.
Why? It only serves companies to help them become larger companies. If you think it helps customers understand what they're buying, consider: customers are basically oblivious to what they are buying when it comes to technology. If that's actually the problem you want to solve, the solutiom to that is "technology nutrition facts" and spec sheets by law, not trademark.
> And I like that if I make a piece of music or some art or whatever, some giant company can’t just grab that and use it for profit without making some arrangement with me.
What're you going to do about it if they do? Sue Disney? Doesn't seem like you'll get a lot out of that.
Bonus points for additionally eliminating propriety software at the same time.
That's fair. You can have all of that without trademark or copyright though.
> a product carrying the name and logo of the product I wanna buy is the product I wanna buy.
Lots of products can carry the name and logo of the product you want to buy without trademark :)
Maybe there is something besides the logo that you're more interested in?
Literally a few days ago everyone here was telling us how important it is for beeper to stop working because they’re copying Apple.
When is copying and modifications okay and when is it not?
the company is being particular about how they want to get paid, maybe thats the anticompetitive practice that the government shouldnt be granting an exemption for
there are examples of the government mediating sells such as during bank failures