Many consumers have come to either despise or praise Apple for numerous reasons, such as their business model, prices, the alleged NSA backdoor spying, and most recently, their flurry of lawsuits concerning the use of FlashPoint.
In September 2013, Apple filed lawsuits regarding the use of FlashPoint tech in non-Apple products. The lawsuits against Huawei and ZTE have been denied by the U.S. International Trade Commission last week. As a result, these budget friendly smartphone producers who bring technology to the less dominant classes are still allowed to trade in the country. HTC was also a part of this lawsuit with two of their phones coming into question. It was decided that the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE did infringe on FlashPoint patent, a massive blow to the blooming tech giant.
Are these lawsuits justified given the size of Apple’s market?
As we all may or may not know, Apple makes a killing on the cheap cost to produce their products, a smartphone that costs around $25 to produce will be turned around for almost $600. That’s an impressive profit margin, right? That argument could be used to bash Apple for this wave of lawsuits, but they do have a patent on the tech.
Regardless of how much money they rake in the tech is theirs and should not legally be used by other companies. I would like to say that they are being too aggressive, but somewhere inside the minds of some anti-capitalist consumers, they may believe that Apple is playing God. Are they within their rights to enforce their patent? Yes. Should they tone it down slightly, maybe take a less aggressive approach? We want to say yes, but it’s simply not how business works. There’s nothing much else to say, really.{tortags,30,1}