“They May Be On To Something Here” ⇥
A user by the name of fracai on Reddit:
It took around 2.5 years to hit 10 billion. 6 months to add 5 more billion. And now it’s been another 6 months to add another 10 billion.
They may be on to something here.
Day: 18 February 2012
Oh, It Is On ⇥
Hey, remember when Apple was told to stop selling the 3G iPad 2, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS in Germany? Apple convinced the court to delay that ruling because they said Motorola violated EU FRAND patent rules. Anyway, they’ve just come out swinging their big bat from their cojones. Florian Mueller quotes from Motorola’s SEC report:
On February 17, 2012, the Company received a letter from the European Commission, Competition Directorate-General, (the ‘Commission’) notifying it that the Commission has received a complaint against Motorola Mobility, Inc. (‘MMI’) by Apple, Inc. (‘Apple’) regarding the enforcement of MMI’s standards-essential patents against Apple allegedly in breach of MMI’s FRAND commitments. Apple’s complaint seeks the Commission’s intervention with respect to standards-essential patents.
Good analysis by Mueller. This patent funny-business needs to stop, but as long as the laws stay the same, we’ll be seeing litigation from every company with a dog in the fight.
The Real Missed Opportunity ⇥
Paul Miller has a suggestion for the new Windows logo which I think is great. I suggested either the Windows Store logo, or a revised 1985 Windows logo, but Miller’s idea is a wise third contender.
With that many great choices, nobody at Pentagram should be picking anything. Imagine if they were a travel bureau: “you could go to the Bahamas, or France, but we’ve set you up in a cozy place in Tajikistan.”