07-04-2012, 10:12 PM | #1 | |
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Apple suffers High Court defeat over 'prize' iPhone patents
Looks like a good day all round in Europe today.
Apple has been defeated at the High Court by the Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC over a series of patent infringement claims, including around the iPhone’s "prize" slide-to-unlock patent. Quote:
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07-05-2012, 05:51 AM | #3 |
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Just saw that. I'm sick of these patent fights.
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07-05-2012, 09:57 AM | #4 |
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07-05-2012, 10:03 AM | #5 |
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07-05-2012, 06:59 PM | #6 |
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I doubt it. I don't think that the average user for either companies' devices really pay much attention to these kinds of things. Granted, they're usually plastered on a bunch of tech-sites (Engadget and the like) or may pop up on some news feeds in general, but I don't think that a majority of people know about them. Or, if they do, that they even give a hoot cause they've either already got the now-banned device or weren't planning to get it in the first place.
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07-05-2012, 07:34 PM | #7 |
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Just so there's no misunderstanding; I currently have 7,417 patents on bananas and banana related products and uses. So tread lightly, people.
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07-06-2012, 05:00 AM | #8 |
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I reckon they take it in turns so as to even out the publicity value ! Secondly, while sensible patent rights exist, you will always get others trying to infringe/nick/rip-off/break. Obviously, while some form of patent process has to exist in capitalistic democracies, some applications and those granted are plainly daft/dumb/stupid. One obvious one is the claiming of rights over a word or abbreviation - the 'r' as in Toys R Us for example - which is truly pathetic. Another recent one is the conviction of a company that it could claim patent rights to a shape - the famous rectangle with rounded corners. A rather frightening one, to my mind , is the genome patenting that could have unforeseen consequences..... |
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07-06-2012, 11:34 AM | #10 |
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Some people have been swayed by Apple's bullying tactics, but I would say that the vast majority of consumers wouldn't care about these PR wars. Sad thing is that the consumer is the one losing out, both in terms of innovation and price (somebody has to pay for those lawyers).
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WRT the human genome. There was a flurry of patents filed on genes. As each gene was discovered, it was patented. The interesting thing is that to be patentable, it must be useful. A gene sequence by itself is not useful, so often the use was as a probe for its complement. This did very little except to make the sequence public. Researchers (other than the patent holder) continued working with the genes and finding new applications on which they then filed utility patents. Those initial gene patents actually did not stop any work and held very little value. And now the vast majority of them have expired. |
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07-06-2012, 01:11 PM | #12 |
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07-06-2012, 11:44 PM | #13 |
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07-07-2012, 05:12 AM | #14 |
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There have probably been patent arguments as long as there have been patents. Certainly A.G. Bell had his fights to protect his telephone back in the day as did Sam Morse and his innovations on the telegraph before that. Someone always wants a piece of the pie whether or not they are entitled to it or not. It's human nature.
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07-07-2012, 05:23 AM | #15 |
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And often the wrong party has ended up with both the patent and the money, as in Bell's case.
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