IBM was granted 6,180 US patents in 2011, Apple? 676 Samsung 4894 No. 2 (thenextweb.com) 7 points by liuwei6 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] edge17 14y ago ↗ I'll admit I didn't bother reading the article, but what exactly is this supposed to be a measure of?
[–] Delmania 14y ago ↗ As far as I know, Apple doesn't have a general research and development department like IBM, Microsoft, Google, and many others. The company focuses pretty much on devices and services.
[–] mvikramaditya 14y ago ↗ More than the quantity, quality and the actual implementation of these patents matter.Like the old joke goes, why take the trouble of implementing your idea when you cant patent it and live off royalties?
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 15.2 ms ] threadLike the old joke goes, why take the trouble of implementing your idea when you cant patent it and live off royalties?