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Florida Man Sues Apple for $10+ Billion, Says iOS Devices Copy His 1992 Drawings
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Apparently the subject of a 2009 lawsuit over procedural issues regarding the patent filing. Turned down on appeal by U.S. Court of Appeals in 2010.
http://www.finnegan.com/files/Publication/c92a5e97-efd7-4d6a-951a-12f28c172fa4/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/f3f4fe6a-05f5-4ae3-bba1-17f36976cd21/09-1456 05-05-10.pdf
http://www.finnegan.com/files/Publication/c92a5e97-efd7-4d6a-951a-12f28c172fa4/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/f3f4fe6a-05f5-4ae3-bba1-17f36976cd21/09-1456 05-05-10.pdf
Prediction for this thread:
I project 633 votes (to bashes) against Ross, 8 for Ross.
Another thread where it would be an old Apple patent or Apple drawing in which Apple is trying to challenge someone for bringing something they drew or patented to market: 633 votes for Apple, 8 votes for the other entity.
At least, we're consistent around here
This guy... Wow. A million threads crushing Apple (selectively ignored) and he jumps into (another) one clearly in Apple's favor where a guy didn't even have a patent.
At least, some people are consistent in their oblivious, titled narratives.
Also, that was one expandable, forward thinking device!
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See, this is why court filing clerks should be given a stamp that says "GTFOH!" and be allowed to invoke it.
Only kidding, of course. But come on. ROFLMAO.
Only kidding, of course. But come on. ROFLMAO.
All I know is...
... if he wins...
... I'm digging through all my third grade "future computer" drawings that my Mom kept !!
... if he wins...
... I'm digging through all my third grade "future computer" drawings that my Mom kept !!
This is the problem with the patent system, although it sounds like he doesn't even have a patent. If you have an idea, you should have to build a prototype or manufacture it within in a given amount of time. Saying you have an idea and not executing on it over a certain period of time is just like millions of others who drew a sketch of their idea...
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Yeah, that battery thing was a great fantasy.
I think my next smart phone invention drawing will have a small fission reactor in it...
Another greedy bastard who simply dropped the ball and wants to blame other people for his mistakes. If I was the judge I'd toss him out of court for wasting the courts time and make him pay for apple's legal fees.
Actually, the story is correct. You can sue anyone for anything. You just can't always win.
Really an Apple Newton that started developing in 1987 and released in 1993. Oddly his drawings he drew in 1992 are similar to a device Apple was already doing production runs on.
Go after Blackberry since Palm doesn't exist anymore. Why single out Apple? Oh yeah, because Apple.
Not quite the issue here, it seems. According to the 2009 case, Ross filed a patent and a request for a waiver of fees from the Patent Office. In that case he claims he received no response to the request, which is why the patent application lapsed. He sued the U.S. government over that issue and lost. So it seems he has no patent and consequently no intellectual property right to assert.
I've just sketched a transporter, replicator and warp drive on the back of a napkin. When someone finally works out how to build them I'm gonna be rich!
Looks about like that Chinese phone that supposedly looks like an iPhone....I should have patented all my drawings from kindergarten...I would be rich by now!
