Apple Facing $1.4 Billion Lawsuit by Chinese AI Firm in Siri Patent Battle

[kesennnnn]

I agree with this take. Apple pulling out of Chinese market hurts Apple a lot. Impact on China will not be that much. There are lots of good enough replacement. In contrast, retaliation against Apple supply chain will be very painful to Apple but will also hurt China a lot. It is not in China's own interest at all to hurt supply chain. Nor do I think they have a valid reason to do that other than retaliating the US. Apple is innocent here and they should not be hurt for geopolitical reasons.

Oh god another Chinese nationalist.

 

[coldwaves]

Oh god another Chinese nationalist.

These days, advocating for Apple not being caught in crossfire is Chinese nationalism. Oh well......you do you.

 

[kesennnnn]

These days, advocating for Apple not being caught in crossfire is Chinese nationalism. Oh well......you do you.

Nah. Live in Taiwan long enough and you’ll recognize nationalists very quickly. But I mean, you do you bro.

 

[coldwaves]

Nah. Live in Taiwan long enough and you’ll recognize nationalists very quickly. But I mean, you do you bro.

LOL

 

[sidewinder3000]

Absolutely agree with the argument that no company should own an idea. From my reading of the court ruling, the patent seems to be about how voice command is taken in by the virtue assistant and how that further enables information search and gaming. It appears that the point of innovation Zhizhen argues is their algorithm of language processing and filtering of information that allowed information being sent to proper server to further processing more efficiently. I do not have enough technical expertise to know how these are exactly done. But it does not seem to be just a patent of an idea.

Apple's contention is that a gaming function is the core function of the patent but is not declared in sufficient details in the patent filing. Zhizhen's argument is that the essential function of the patent is about human-machine interaction and the gaming function is a auxiliary application of the main invention. The legal battle so far seem to be focused on this technicality: whether the gaming function is the essential or auxiliary part of the patent. I am not a patent lawyer so this is just my understanding of reading the court ruling and related report.

That’s fascinating jumbo-jumbo! I appreciate the background info, thanks. I’m curious whether Zhizhen’s algorithm and info processing flow is truly unique, or if it’s fairly obvious stuff that any company would do. Don’t have enough technical knowledge to know.

 

[Tech198]

Given China’s general disregard for other countries/companies IP, this seems like it will be a nightmare for Apple. It’s easy for China to ignore knockoffs and IP theft by their own companies, but now that a company there is targeting a US company with a massive investment on their soil, I’m sure they will suddenly care.

China doesn't know how to pay ball (yet)... I don't think the fact it will make any difference... as they in a ripe position..

"If you want us to keep assembling iPhones...then...." Basically it could be seen, as Chine wants it their way. or else

 

[Seend1983]

This piece should go under 'Satire' section. A company originating from a country notorious for stealing and robbing tech and intellectual property from other countries is suing Apple for violating their patent? Patent laws that their own mother country doesn't respect? Crazy.