Again, no one had it on a phone before. Lots of phones had touchscreen and internet before 2007. None made it so easy to zoom in.
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Again, no one had it on a phone before. Lots of phones had touchscreen and internet before 2007. None made it so easy to zoom in.
Damn! That is a boat-load of cash!
I guess Apple won't be needing money for the clubs anytime soon....
I guess Apple won't be needing money for the clubs anytime soon....
and he's doing the horizontal "cabbage patch" in his multi-million dollar grave.
The US haven't closed the door to anyone. All they have said is that it must be clear you are not copying someone else's device. This is fair and reasonable and encourages innovation because others then have to find different (and possibly better) solutions to a problem.
No doubt there will be an appeal with a higher court that may reach a different conclusion to this verdict.
The fat lady isn't singing yet, and it isn't over until she does.
So as for physical design, it comes down to looking at the front of the phone head-on, correct?
I was under the impression the "pinch and zoom" in the case was only for menu items, and that the normal pinch and zoom we all use in looking at photos and whatnot was not covered by the patent.
True. And guess what. Microsoft designed a better user interface when they didn't copy Apple (Windows Phone) than when they did (Windows for PC). It's a victory for innovation.
Total misrepresentation of the situation.
Nokia wanted lots of money plus license for Apple patents. Apple wanted to pay less money and no Apple patents. As they couldn't agree about the amounts, they went to court. Then Microsoft bought Nokia, sorry I mean a former Microsoft employee took control of Nokia as their new CEO, priorities changed, Apple's patents were not important for Nokia anymore (exactly the patents that Samsung was infringing, and that Windows 8 phones are not infringing on), and they negotiated a deal. A rather large payment was made to Nokia, but that payment seemed to be just reasonable license fees for Nokias payment, considering Nokia hadn't accepted any license payments for any iPhones yet up to that point, so the total fees for all iPhones ever built were paid in one sum.
Samsung should try to figure out what they are doing wrong then. So what are they spending this money on, if they still have to copy Apple?
Why would we want to see an Android user even more upset? It's sad enough they chose to purchase a device that runs on that system.
If I remember correctly FingerWorks had Pinch-to-Zoom on some of their multitouch touchpads, but then again, Apple bought Fingerworks and all their patents. Thus Apple = Fingerworks = Inventor of P-t-Z
It is good news for MS as it will force the few Android OEM's that haven't licensed MS IP to reconsider, and those license fees make Android less profitable.
It doesn't use icons, have a home button, or a "dock." It also is tapered along the edges.
That's for Samsung to find out, maybe through, you know, actually investing money in good old-fashioned R&D, the way Apple took a huge gamble when they are conceptualising the 1st iPhone?
Up to a certain point, is there a point to continuously innovate when you know your competitors are just going to copy your creations 5 seconds after your flagship products are released? You are taking huge risks, and sinking all that time and money into research, all to allow your competitors to reap the benefits of your hard work without any of the costs?
Apple reportedly spent 150 million to come up with their 1st gen iPhone, with no guarantee that it would be a financial success. They took the plunge of faith, I feel they deserve every last cent of what they earned.
To me, I don't like the entire legal tussle either, but I feel that Apple winning was the lesser of 2 evils. It was time for Apple to finally put a foot down and assert "Enough is enough with all this blatant copying", the same way you finally lash out at that bully who has been teasing you for so long now. Not very right, but completely justifiable.
No, I mean isn't pinch-to-zoom just pinch-to-zoom?
Because it keeps the pressure to invent the next thing high. Ultimately strong patent laws slow innovation and reenforces monopolies or oligopolies, especially in incremental industries, where invention B needs to stand on the shoulders of invention A and so on. Then the cost to use patent A, then B, and so on, for new comers to innovate is just too high. This is how the big stay big and the small get squished. This is not about Samsung vs. Apple ultimately. This is about how far we allow these big companies to go in patenting and protecting every stupid thing.
Try the exact opposite. Being forced to innovate will expand options. Those that refuse won't be in the industry.