Court Injunction against Bell for landing gear

[chopper2004]

U.S. court issues injunction against Bell in landing gear fight | Vertical Magazine - The Pulse of the Helicopter Industry (http://www.verticalmag.com/news/article/30349)

During its development, the Bell 429 was initially equipped with this "sleigh-type" landing gear, which infringed an Airbus Helicopters patent, a U.S. court has found.

[paco]

Haven't they got anything better to do?

[nonsense]

Both Bell and Airbus exist to make one thing, and one thing only.

Money.

Helicopters are merely a means to that end. If they find they can make a better return on investment from building boats or runways or toaster ovens or winning lawsuits, then they will do so.

[Gomer Pylot]

This is nothing compared to the Apple/Samsung/Microsoft/everyone-else patent spats. The main outcome of all of these is that lots of lawyers get a lot richer, and therefore consumers pay a lot more.

[Ian Corrigible]

...and then there are the true bottom feeders known as patent trolls (https://gigaom.com/2014/10/08/patent-trolling-pays-since-2010-trolls-have-made-3-times-as-much-money-in-court-as-real-companies/).

I/C

[paco]

Samsung paid Apple with 18 truckloads of pennies. I wonder if anything as creative might happen?

phil