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Analysis of Apple's iPhone interface patent claims
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... Engadget's Nilay Patel posts an exhaustive and excellent analysis of the patents surrounding the iPhone's user interface. It's the perfect antidote to this weekend's relentless mainstream media hype about the "brewing" legal between Palm and Apple. ...
Apple vs. Palm (Is “Pre” short for prevarication?)
MacDailyNews —
... to survive. To equate the two companies in terms of size (or pretty much anything else) is patently ridiculous. Patel continues, "Still, we doubt this will all settle quietly in the night. More likely it's going to come down to whoever decides to blink first -- and unless Palm decides to go out in a blaze of glory, files a declaratory judgment action and tries to preemptively invalidate Apple's patents, we'd say the first shot's going to come from Cupertino." Full article here . Share this article! Reader Feedback: ( [image] = ...
Palm Brushes-Off Apple's iPhone Patent, Says it Can Defend Itself
Fast Company - Technology —
... in which NCR claimed it had previously patented a "revolutionary new device and system for handling and transmitting data." A federal judge ruled in Palm's favor. Palm was largely responsible for bringing the Personal Digital Assistant to the world—and the PDA has been instrumental in shaping today's smartphone devices. So it'd be foolish to think that Palm doesn't have a swag bag full of its own patents in order to protect its IP. Some Googling finds this ...
Don’t Forget the Multi-Touch Prior Art in Minority Report
Digital Daily —
... . It certainly includes Microsoft (MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)–both of which have intellectual property considerations around touch and gesture UI. It includes a few academic institutions as well. So at the outset, we are dealing in a very murky area. With that as caveat, Engadget’s analysis of the situation and some of the patents that might come into play if a legal battle between the Apple (AAPL) and Palm (PALM) were to occur is well worth a read. It’s conclusion: ...
Apple iPhone versus Palm Pre - a Look at a fictive Patent Battle
I4U News —
... drummed up (or got drummed by the media) some attention to a potential patent lawsuit show-down. Engadget published an in-depth report on what the potential patent disputes between the iPhone and the upcoming Palm Pre might be. You can dive in to this thriller on Engadget . Patent lawsuits are always bad for the consumer. It is clear that there has to be protection and compensation for companies on their inventions. Often patent battles are just there to bleed out a company and get the product taken from the market. I hope we do not see a patent battle between Palm and ...
Does Apple have a case against Palm?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... between Apple and Palm lately, but Engadget wanted to know: does Apple really have a case against Palm for their patented technology? They put their (and our) legal correspondent, Nilay Patel, on the case, and in this long but very interesting analysis piece, he answers: probably. ...
Palm Pre vs Apple iPhone: Touchscreen interface and patent’s
PR News: —
... Check out Engadgets detailed look at the patent and Palm Pre, complete with videos showing the Pre interface. With some claiming the Palm Pre to be the iPhone’s closest competitor yet, do you see a battle coming? ...
Dissecting Apple's "Multitouch" Patent: Can It Stop Palm? [Patent Wars]
Gizmodo —
... As others have thoroughly and eloquently explained this week, it's impossible to identify a single patent that has a lock on the iPhone's multitouch magic as we know it. That patent probably does not exist. But here's the key— ...
iPhone multi-touch patent: The facts
infoSync World —
... describes the "issues" between Apple and Palm as a "nuclear war", while Engadget talks about "two large companies, each loaded up with tons of patents and pending patents". Honestly, we can't think of a single Palm patent at the time of writing that is crucial to smartphones, and if there should be a "nuclear war", we think there'll only be one winner: Apple.
Report: Google obeyed Apple's "don't use multitouch" request
Yahoo! Tech Advisors —
... ). Going mano-a-mano with Apple (and its team of lawyers) is a huge risk, but that's what you do when survival's at stake. The decidedly not-struggling Google may have had a different equation in mind (assuming the VentureBeat story is true): Sacrifice multitouch, but keep a powerful partner happy. As for Apple, well … as this Engadget analysis points out , getting into a patent war with another company is fraught with risks on both sides, so it makes sense that Cupertino (reportedly) sought to avoid a messy legal fight with Google. Related: ...
FUD alert: Apple allegedly scared Google out of using multitouch, 3.5mm jacks, batteries, displays, love
Engadget Mobile —
... So we've been watching this sketchily-sourced piece from VentureBeat's MG Sigler that claims Google was specifically asked to avoid implementing multitouch by Apple over patent concerns bounce its way around the web today, and while we didn't want to contribute to the echo chamber effect without being able to contribute any authority to the story, it's starting to get stupid: John Gruber is chiming in that he'd additionally heard that Apple warned Google against including a 3.5mm headphone jack on the ...
Apple sued over iPhone screen rendering tech
Engadget Mobile —
... are in over 250m handsets worldwide from manufacturers like Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Samsung and Sony Ericsson -- and, if a lawsuit it filed today is to be believed, Apple. Picsel says the iPhone infringes on a patented method of accelerated screen updating, and as usual, the answer is probably going to be for Uncle Steve to open his $25 billion piggy bank and dole out some cash. On the other hand, Apple legal could might take a little batting practice before they start hunting the big game, but honestly, that's just us wishing for a little Friday night drama. ...
Former Motorola CFO alleges that company lied about financial data, Santa Claus
Engadget Mobile —
... There have been no shortage of legal wranglings in the electronics space lately, usually between two well-entrenched corporations, but this one's a little more interesting: a former officer taking the offensive against his former office. Paul Liska, previous head of all things financial at Motorola, is alleging that the company has been misleading investors for quite some time regarding the performance of its Mobile Devices unit, and that when he raised his concerns to the board he was given an escorted trip out the building for his troubles. Moto, on the other hand, is saying ...
Get up to speed with our Palm Pre extended executive summary
The Next Web —
... which relate to how the iPhone user interface has been designed and how it reacts to gestures. The same holds true for Palm. It remains to be seen whether both companies might act on their patents and enter into what very likely will become endless lawsuits. (A fascinating and in-depth analysis of the patent situation is available at engadget.) ...
