Re: off topic : need patent help

Bob, it is urban myth that Apple is the leader in anything. Take cell phone sales for example:

Nokia was still No. 1 in the second quarter of the year 2011, but its worldwide market share slipped to 22.8 percent from 30.1 percent in the same quarter a year ago.

The rest of the horse race goes as follows: Samsung at 16.3 percent, down from 17.8 percent, and LG at 5.7 percent, down from 8 percent.

Gaining strength was Apple in the No. 4 slot with 4.6 percent, up from 2.4 percent, followed by ZTE with 3 percent, up from 1.8 percent.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Christie" <bob@...> wrote:
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> Look at Apple, iPod, iPads, iPhones.
> Everyone else makes the same items that Apple has introduced and even thou they are X times more expensive, Apple maintains the leader in sales.
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> And I don't think their patents on all of those wonderful products are keeping the pirates at bay.
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> Name recognition is everything. A circular saw is known in most areas as a Skil saw, Soda Pop is called a Coke in alot of areas.
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