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Apple Sued For Patent Infringement On iPhone Keyboard
from the and-out-come-the-wolves dept
It's almost surprising that it took this long, but someone has finally sued Apple for patent infringement related to the iPhone. Remember, back when Steve Jobs announced the iPhone he hyped up all the patents the company filed associated with the phone. It didn't make sense to us, because many of the technologies in the iPhone weren't new at all and had plenty of prior art. It was just the ability to put them all together in a compelling package that people would buy that was the key -- and no one could simply mimic Apple's ability to do that (though we can all watch others flounder around as they try). Still, with any new technologies these days, there's bound to be a patent thicket, meaning that there would inevitably be patent disputes. We had discussed a potential patent suit over the touchscreen interface, but it's not clear what became of that. In this latest case, the patent is for putting a keyboard on a touchscreen, which hardly seems like such a unique idea that it deserves a patent. Oddly, if you read the actual patent, it notes that "the input area... may not be minimized, maximized, or deleted." Since the iPhone keyboard can be minimized, you would think this patent doesn't apply. But, these days, why let little details prevent a patent lawsuit and potentially billions in payouts for doing nothing? Not surprisingly, the company is demanding a cut of every iPhone sold and wants an injunction against selling more iPhones with this technology included. Update: Turns out there's even more to this story. The guy who holds the patent was recently sentenced to 51 months in prison for fraud.
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Patent on QWERTY???
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Re: Patent on QWERTY???
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No coment!!!!!
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To continue the stupidity
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More stupid patent fun.
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To put an end to this
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and yet again...
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always reminds me..
oh ans infringing contraptions were SMASHED
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Enough!!!
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claims in the patents
"the input area... may not be minimized, maximized, or deleted."
doesnt matter, because that is in an independent claim. notice that almost all the claims are dependent on claim 1 or a chain off of it, but the last claim is standalone and doesnt depend on 1 or any others.. so he is probably claiming that apple is infringing one of the other claims instead of this one.
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who's joking? ;)
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Re: who's joking? ;)
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one more..
http://digg.com/environment/Energy_Crisis_SOLVED_Revealed_in_Patent
friggin awesome!
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Re: one more..
i think the problem in our society is we let the average person do things of importance. its becoming apparent that the average person is no longer capable of making such decisions.
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prior art?
actually.. can you send some of that prior art over? ;p
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QWERTY
Patent ran out long ago on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwerty
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