Got Droid?

[JuBru]

Maybe not for long. What then Apple haters?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...phone-ban.html

[odysseus]

Here are patents, HTC is accused of violating:

• U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647: "A system and method causes a computer to detect and perform actions on structures identified in computer data."
• U.S. Patent No. 6,343,263: "A data transmission system having a real-time data engine for processing isochronous streams of data includes an interface device that provides a physical and logical connection of a computer to any one or more of a variety of different types of data networks."

If Apple wins this case, it'll open the door for them to file injunctions against virtually every electronic device made in the last 15 years.

http://www.dailytech.com/Apples+Plot...ticle22173.htm

[ITdrummer]

Maybe not for long. What then Apple haters?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...phone-ban.html

Ill get a Windows phone or a Blackberry.

[odysseus]

Ill get a Windows phone or a Blackberry.

Both of which will be accused of violating the same generic patents. This is how Apple "competes."

[Dawgpix]

Guess it all goes back to icons. Didn't Apple "invent" that, too?

[Guisslapp]

Here are patents, HTC is accused of violating:

• U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647: "A system and method causes a computer to detect and perform actions on structures identified in computer data."
• U.S. Patent No. 6,343,263: "A data transmission system having a real-time data engine for processing isochronous streams of data includes an interface device that provides a physical and logical connection of a computer to any one or more of a variety of different types of data networks."

If Apple wins this case, it'll open the door for them to file injunctions against virtually every electronic device made in the last 15 years.

http://www.dailytech.com/Apples+Plot...ticle22173.htm

Wow. Claims 1 and 15 of the '647 patent are really broad. Hard to believe they could withstand a validity challenge. I haven't pulled the case to see what valid claims were found to be infringed, however.

[mikedog]

Both of which will be accused of violating the same generic patents. This is how Apple "competes."

That's how the world competes. Intellectual property makes up 80% of the value of the S&P 500 companies.

[ITdrummer]

Both of which will be accused of violating the same generic patents. This is how Apple "competes."

Exactly why I hate Apple. Whenever they get involved in something, they automatically think they are God and own everything and have invented everything.

[Dawgpix]

Exactly why I hate Apple. Whenever they get involved in something, they automatically think they are God and own everything and have invented everything.

Wow. So we oughta do away with the patent system?

[mikedog]

Wow. So we oughta do away with the patent system?

+1. It's not like Apple is the only company which enforces patent rights in this country. Patent litigation is commonplace for technology companies. Trust me, Apple gets sued its fair share. Also, if these patents are directed to known or obvious technology, the patents will be invalidated. If they aren't invalidated, then HTC and any other infringer will have to pay up. Nokia has already settled with Apple over these same patents.

[ITdrummer]

Wow. So we oughta do away with the patent system?

Absolutely not. But something should probably be done such that patents can't be so broad.

[odysseus]

Here's a diagram of who's suing who in the smartphone business. It's nearly a year old, so I imagine it has only become even more entangled.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...atent-lawsuit#

[ITdrummer]

Here's a diagram of who's suing who in the smartphone business. It's nearly a year old, so I imagine it has only become even more entangled.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...atent-lawsuit#

Kodak has a smartphone? I'm assuming they are suing one of the smartphone companies for some proprietary camera technology.

[Woof!]

Exactly why I hate Apple. Whenever they get involved in something, they automatically think they are God and own everything and have invented everything.

+1......and Steve Jobs just rubs me the wrong way.

[Bigdog13]

+1......and Steve Jobs just rubs me the wrong way.

Well you really have no one to blame but yourself for letting him rub you in the first place. On top of that your comment was out of place and inappropriate for this forum.