[meadsjn]

If Apple "stole" source code or machinery, and the suing party can prove they actually created the source code or machinery being claimed, Apple should have to pay.

If Apple developed their own code to do these functions, or bought the code from some vendor, then the litigating company should have to pay for their frivolous lawsuit, preferably Chinese style.

This crap of patenting concepts, then suing to bleed money from productive companies and people needs to be stopped.

The court should just tell the claimant, "sit down and write the code you claim was stolen." If the claimant cannot recreate any significant amount of the code he/she claims was "stolen", just take them out back and dispatch them Chinese style. Enough.

And I really hate Apple -- I just hate these thieves-by-patent-or-copyright worse.

[Pelham]

“This crap of patenting concepts, then suing to bleed money from productive companies and people needs to be stopped. “

It’s not “a concept”, it’s sophisticated software. And since when is intellectual property no longer considered property?

[norwaypinesavage]

"If Apple developed their own code to do these functions, or bought the code from some vendor, then the litigating company should have to pay for their frivolous lawsuit"

Not true. If I invent and patent a 'widget', and then you develop something on your own and sell it, that uses essentially the features claimed in my patent, you are infringing on my patent. This is the case, whether you used, or didn't use the information in my patent in your development.