A federal appeals court has denied Apple’s motion to temporarily pause a ban on imports of advanced models of the Apple Watch and the ban will be reinstated on Thursday, according to a Wednesday court filing.
Apple watches are seen on display at the Apple Store in Grand Central Station (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Imag)
Can they pay the patent fee? It may be possible that the patent holder simply doesn’t want to allow Apple to use this technology at all, and is refusing outright.
I wasn’t even sure that was possible? I guess it just seems a little antithetical to the idea of patents to just be able to wholesale ban another party from even using it at all.
sometimes an entity may object to the use of their patent for one reason or another, or charge some absurd or unreasonable amount. it’s usually some sort of moral or ethical thing.
Can they pay the patent fee? It may be possible that the patent holder simply doesn’t want to allow Apple to use this technology at all, and is refusing outright.
I wasn’t even sure that was possible? I guess it just seems a little antithetical to the idea of patents to just be able to wholesale ban another party from even using it at all.
Thats what the patent system is designed to do.
sometimes an entity may object to the use of their patent for one reason or another, or charge some absurd or unreasonable amount. it’s usually some sort of moral or ethical thing.
Really interesting episode of This American Life covered a patent trolling and a lot of the finer points regarding patent law. Episode 441