They should sue google too then for Google Voice or whatever it's called. China is useless, all they've been doing lately is trying to rip off major American companies and give them a problem. Give me a break..
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Apple Faces Patent Lawsuit Over Siri in China
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I think you are right... Originally it was a chat bot that you added to your buddies list on MSN Messenger, Yahoo, etc. Then they added voice on later when smartphones came out and used the Apple-like interface.
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Probably it doesn't have. These lawsuits from the next big economies (Brazil, China) appear to me more as masked blackmails, where their companies get needed money to develop themselves thanks to their governments that leverage the fact the western companies need to be in those markets support them.
When you post stories like this, MacRumors, could you at least tell us the key information.
Like, for instance, exactly how this patent is being violated by SIRI?
Or even whether it is a utility patent or a design patent? (Do you know the difference?)
All you talk about is how things look. Do you realize that patents have nothing to do with looks? Design patents dont' cover software.
So, without this information, your story is simply "someone says apple violated their ip rights".... it is useless.
Like, for instance, exactly how this patent is being violated by SIRI?
Or even whether it is a utility patent or a design patent? (Do you know the difference?)
All you talk about is how things look. Do you realize that patents have nothing to do with looks? Design patents dont' cover software.
So, without this information, your story is simply "someone says apple violated their ip rights".... it is useless.
And what did your Guru Steve Jobs say? Good artist copy, great artists steal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU
Yet they manufacture 90% of your gadgets, if not all of them.
Oh and by the way, you are borrowing their money
Why is this being rehashed? This is very old news.
From 2012: http://appleinsider.com/articles/12...allegedly_infringing_chinese_siri_like_patent
If there were developments, perhaps MacRumors could have given some updates. I'm not normally that critical of the site, but I don't get why this story was run...
From 2012: http://appleinsider.com/articles/12...allegedly_infringing_chinese_siri_like_patent
If there were developments, perhaps MacRumors could have given some updates. I'm not normally that critical of the site, but I don't get why this story was run...
Invented in one thing, manufacturing is another. Manufacturing without the constraints of employee rights, pollution control or intellectual property is a house of cards. At some point it will be a lot harder for China to compete because they will have to change.
So if the Chinese company patented this prior to the iPhone, I fail to see how the Chinese company is in the wrong. It also seems that when a company uses something similar to what you'll find on an iPhone, it's perfectly okay for Apple to sue but not the other way around?
Perhaps China should buy Apple as they own most of the US debt...., payback time?
Considering Apple had voice recognition in its machines last millenium what exactly are the grounds to sue here? I mean "chat bots" have existed for pretty much as long as voice recognition has with various simple programs trying to simulate intelligent behaviour.
The techniques that Siri uses might be more advanced, but unless a specific technique is the issue then the technology here is actually pretty old.
The techniques that Siri uses might be more advanced, but unless a specific technique is the issue then the technology here is actually pretty old.
They might have afforded it 20 years ago but today that's just impossible even with Apple's cash reserve since China is the world's second biggest economy bypassing Japan.
Even better, they could then disable their app on iOS. Not saying either side is in the right yet, but will be interesting to see what happens next.
Typical Americans. For your information, China is also the inventor of paper, the compass, and printing.
P.S. check this out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_inventions
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