hothardware.com — Two Scottish companies, Picsel (Research) Ltd. and Picsel Technologies Ltd. have filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple in the U.S. District Court of Delaware. The lawsuit claims that the iPhone and iPod Touch use screen rendering technology that infringes on their patents.
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jenocide312Feb 16, 2009Submitter
Not to be confused with other lawsuits on the 17" Lap tops
gonefishingFeb 17, 2009
Patent assumed valid until proven otherwise, so the case might be lost.However, with new decisions on the Bilski case, this patent (7,009,626) of Apple's is not fully satisfactory. Initiating re-examination should prove to invalidate this patent.But in all reality. Apple applies their patents more like a defense mechanism. If they never try to sue other people for infringing their patent, I don't think anyone would really care to re-examine the patent.
vitriolandangstFeb 17, 2009
I couldn't tell exactly what they were complaining about. At a guess, it might be where you pop up a keyboard interface to enter a URL onto the screen. Which would be the great patent of linking together a alpha-numeric input with a normal web toolbar. It's only on cell phones and pdas because those are the only ones where you need an on-screen keyboard.If I ever build a time machine, I'm going back and copyrighting the letter "e."
elliamFeb 17, 2009
Buried for utter lack of an article
yizumanFeb 17, 2009
This is such BS...1) Patent an idea2) Let the patents get buried in red tape3) Wait for some company to come up with the same idea and spend millions in creating it.4) Company spend millions more on marketing the idea to the masses.5) Wait for the company to rake in billions of dollars in profits from the idea.6) Go to court and slap the company with a lawsuit over a patent copyright infringement.7) Win the lawsuit in millions to billions of dollars along whatever else they can get out of, profit sharing, a share in stocks, etc.Pretty much a lazy way of making money by letting some company do it for them and rape them in court afterwards.
skurtFeb 17, 2009
@digitalpencil Not to say you are wrong, however, I was a 'lurker' on Digg almost two years before I actually signed on. So while @volleytennis has only been a 'member' for 17 days, s/he may have been lurking for much longer.so to say someone doesn't get digg because they have just signed on, doesn't hold water.
spar13Feb 17, 2009
Apple sues everyone over patents, I don't care if this is a dup either. I hope they get what's coming to them.