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Patents and litigation go together like night and day

Poll results:

December 17, 2010 15:16

With Nokia now suing Apple, does litigation between mobile phone makers bring about any positive outcome for the consumer?

Yes, companies need to protect their patents

9%

Yes, patent protection drives innnovation

4%

No, it will just increase costs to consumers

16%

No, it will only create oppressive monopolies

23%

China will just steal all the technology anyway, so who cares?

48%
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