Does the iphone succumb to this kind of app attack?
WTF. They're litigating over a 15 year old patent? The fact that patents last that long is absolutely absurd. If we even need patents to begin with, their effective period should be much shorter. Especially patents on electronics & software.
Great to see Apple getting a taste of their own medicine. They will soon realize that companies like Motorola, Nokia, Microsoft have been in this a lot longer than they have, and likely have a ton of patents related to mobile technology that Apple infringes on.
It a lot better than some of the crap patents Apple has tried to sue with. Apple problem they are running into is they are getting into the wireless/cloud bussiness where companies like Motoralla have always been and were the leaders in setting it up. The patent looking threw it looks pretty detailed and Apple could more than likely work around it. It looks like it updates indexes to say something changed. Makes it much more efficient in updating stuff. No need to scan the file unless an index saying (look I changed) is updated
Lets see slide to unlock, Pinch to zoom are two great examples of crap patents from Apple.
I don't believe that Apple under Tim Cook will be as obscenely obsessed as Steve Jobs was. Steve was addicted to taking highly aggressive & vindictive measures in order to release the hate he harbored for competition. Having convinced droves of his followers that anything that didn't have an Apple logo, wasn't worth it's weight in scrap. Between his expertise in convincing people to let him do their thinking for them, and his ability to operate nearly without consequence, there was no one who could manipulate others as Steve could. It was his ability to influence others that made him the worlds best salesman. He had the game down cold.In the absence of an Apple win, Motorola will cave in some fashion, or we'll se a licensing deal. If not, Apple will pursue them from now until doomsday over every possible thing.
I wonder if Motorola could counter by saying that the interest they would lose on 2.7 billion between bond and trial would be X and therefor wants Apple to put up a bond for lost interest.
Great to see Apple getting a taste of their own medicine. They will soon realize that companies like Motorola, Nokia, Microsoft have been in this a lot longer than they have, and likely have a ton of patents related to mobile technology that Apple infringes on.
A grid of colorful icons?
Apple's patent portfolio is far too shallow to engage in a battle like this.
WTF. They're litigating over a 15 year old patent? The fact that patents last that long is absolutely absurd. If we even need patents to begin with, their effective period should be much shorter. Especially patents on electronics & software.
Synchronization of data is a very common task practiced as soon as data is shared among more than one device. With the emergence of more small hand held devices and wifi, it sound odd that every one but motorola should have to use a wire. If this related to a specific algorithm or protocol, things would be different.
Corrected, you're welcome
I'm sorry I guess you didnt read the patent very closely. Its not a good patent, period. Basically its a patent on making a backup wirelessly. Really think given that at the time this patent was given that real time backups were occuring over wired systems worldwide, that allowing a patent for doing the exact same thing wirelessly on pagers and then extending that patent to all wireless devices in the current age makes sense. I hate to point it out to Motorola, but I am pretty sure that we were syncing space systems wirelessly at NASA long before this patent was granted, and that prior art would throw this patent out pretty quickly for this broadening of the topic.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile/9A405)
How does one patent cloud based synchronization? That seems like a patent that should have never been given out.
Does someone own corded charging? Browser integration? File downloading?
It a lot better than some of the crap patents Apple has tried to sue with. Apple problem they are running into is they are getting into the wireless/cloud bussiness where companies like Motoralla have always been and were the leaders in setting it up. The patent looking threw it looks pretty detailed and Apple could more than likely work around it. It looks like it updates indexes to say something changed. Makes it much more efficient in updating stuff. No need to scan the file unless an index saying (look I changed) is updated
Lets see slide to unlock, Pinch to zoom are two great examples of crap patents from Apple.
what about apple's rubber band like snap back when you try and scroll too far so you know that your touch is being registered and in fact the list ends, That was a good original idea, should others be allowed to copy it freely?
WTF. They're litigating over a 15 year old patent? The fact that patents last that long is absolutely absurd. If we even need patents to begin with, their effective period should be much shorter. Especially patents on electronics & software.
I'm not a lawyer either. I just think it is silly to fork over billions of dollars to a company who patented something they could never make successful themselves.
Since all the full trials will be next year, 2.012 will be an interesting and funny year.
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It's sure that a buy out won't happen
I'm sorry I guess you didnt read the patent very closely. Its not a good patent, period. Basically its a patent on making a backup wirelessly. Really think given that at the time this patent was given that real time backups were occuring over wired systems worldwide, that allowing a patent for doing the exact same thing wirelessly on pagers and then extending that patent to all wireless devices in the current age makes sense. I hate to point it out to Motorola, but I am pretty sure that we were syncing space systems wirelessly at NASA long before this patent was granted, and that prior art would throw this patent out pretty quickly for this broadening of the topic.
Yes, but NASA was using Motorola equipment.
"Beginning in 1958 with Explorer 1, Motorola provided radio equipment for most NASA space-flights for decades including during the 1969 moon landing." (from wikipedia)
and here is a more recent one with details.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Feb_1/ai_53672762/
I hate Motorola. And Samsung! Boycot!![]()
I agree! Can someone provide me with a list of Apple hardware that does not use anything made by Samsung so I know what I am able to purchase.
It's not so much that they have 'crazy' laws and judges, it's that due to Germany's extensive history of automotive design and manufacture, many of their patent and copyright laws have been well established and tested in court.
This is why claimants prefer filing in Germany, as many lawyers feel that same history makes German courts favour the claimant over the plaintiff in software and design disputes.
I agree on software, dont agree on electronics. And, software should really be divided in two, but yes - most of it doesnt even deserve a life-span of 1 year.