HTC shares fall 6.5% after Apple patent ruling

lol wut

"I personally refuse the idea of technology patented by american corporations."

You must be using a computer to type that. No computer has ever been made without technology patented by American corporations.

So you are *not* actually refusing the idea at all.

And please don't kid yourself that patent = bad. Without patents companies would just withhold the secrets of their inventions forever (the only alternative to patenting). At least with patents, we get to see and understand the invention immediately even if we as competitors cannot profit off of it until the patent expires.

Knowing what the invention is and how it works frequently offers new lines of research and avenues of enquiry. That often leads to discoveries elsewhere that aren't contained by the original patent. All of which means that progress is *helped* by patents, not hindered.

Never mind the fact that without patents companies would be less likely to invest in R&D in the first place (secrets are hard to keep and if exposed their competitive advantage evaporates) which again, is a hinderance on progress.

Never mind the fact that the only reason patents are so widespread in the software arena is because the courts previously told Apple they had no protection under copyright laws and other companies could freely benefit from all the money Apple had spent developing, testing and improving the Human Interface Guidelines. All companies were forced to look elsewhere to protect their R&D dollars.

So yeah, when you examine the issue properly, patents ≠ bad.