And again, Apple hits HTC with another suit: Data Tapping again

[Mopetar]

Response. 😛


http://www.nasdaq.com/article/judge-throws-out-patent-suit-between-apple-motorola-20120608-00658

Slightly related. Judges making smart, well-informed, pro-consumer decisions? Inconceivable!

This ruling has nothing at all to do with validity of the patents, as the judge states that these patents are at least admissible. It also has nothing to do with the examples you provided being poor examples of prior art supposedly covering this patent.

 

[Bateluer]

I'm going to try to create some cognitive dissonance in my hipster friends by informing them how capitalistic and greedy Apple is that they're trying to shut down other phone manufacturers like HTC.

You can't talk sense into Apple Fans. Reading posts here should convince you of that. 😛 Its like trying to debate with a tape recorder that only has 3 recorded statements on it.

 

[Kenmitch]

You can't talk sense into Apple Fans. Reading posts here should convince you of that. 😛 Its like trying to debate with a tape recorder that only has 3 recorded statements on it.

It's strange but true. The devoted are like members of a cult 🙂

On another note it looks like were possibly in for more Apple BS on the ultrbook side of things....Damn patent office needs to stop granting vague patents!

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=24886

 

[Phynaz]

Debate usually includes facts, not wishes.

 

[Bateluer]

It's strange but true. The devoted are like members of a cult 🙂

On another note it looks like were possibly in for more Apple BS on the ultrbook side of things....Damn patent office needs to stop granting vague patents!

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=24886

I realize there's a lot of products that are made and released, far more than the staff that the Patent Office could even begin to research. But with the tear drop/wedge being simple physics and with multiple cases of prior work, this one should buckle under any legal challenge.

Would be interesting to see Intel, the main driving force behind 'Ultrabooks', weigh in on this one. Hypothetically, if Apple started using this generic patent in another wave of lawsuits, Intel would watch a major, growing market for its CPUs dry up very quickly.

 

[Mopetar]

It's a design patent. They've patented the ornamental design of one of their notebooks, not a wedge-shape.

Also, not to be overly pedantic when there's already so many other misconstrued or misunderstood points in the last few posts, but a wedge-shape would be simple geometry, not physics.

 

[Phynaz]

Now I see the problem. Bat gets his info from Jason Mick.

 

[zerocool84]

It's a design patent. They've patented the ornamental design of one of their notebooks, not a wedge-shape.

Also, not to be overly pedantic when there's already so many other misconstrued or misunderstood points in the last few posts, but a wedge-shape would be simple geometry, not physics.

It's like a car company patenting the design of their car. There are only so many shapes you can make a laptop or a phone or a car. You're basically stuck infringing on patents because there's only an extremely limited ways to make that product.

 

[Mopetar]

It's like a car company patenting the design of their car. There are only so many shapes you can make a laptop or a phone or a car. You're basically stuck infringing on patents because there's only an extremely limited ways to make that product.

Design patents can only cover ornamental design. If the design is functional (i.e. it improves wind resistance, reduces drag, etc.) then it becomes a functional aspect and is no longer a valid design patent.