Pennsylvania Man Sues Apple Over Web Carousel Use

[patent10021]

I predict a massive class action.

 

[Tech198]

That stuff looks good.

 

[MaxinMusicCity]

I used "Display Carousels" on old web sites I used to create / maintain way back in 2000, 2001...but they were Flash. I removed one of them - eventually all flash from the sites after iPhones would never put flash on the Safari browsers.

Hmm, darn you Apple. I should sue for making me do this!
*just kidding.

Flash is evil and this lawsuit is a total joke! This guy is actually the son of a legend in local radio.
Hy Lit was pretty big back in the day in Philly radio.

The lawsuit
https://www.scribd.com/document/317737403/Samuel-Lit-Lawsuit

Radio Broadcaster...that figures

 

[applepuree]

I think I will patent a method of displaying information on a virtual sheet of paper where text shows on electronic paper

 

[RuffyYoshi]

Guy: "I'm suing you for infringing my patent!"
Apple: "Oh yeah? Well we're gonna sue you for patenting! That's our job!"

 

[CaliKev]

Probably because:

1. It's hilarious
2. It demonstrates the need for patient reform
3. It's Apple related
4. Why not?

Lol patient reform. I guess that too? Or just education reform and get to the root of the problem.

 

[prowlmedia]

I was using flash display carousels in 1997 and can prove it So I am going to sue the ass of him.

"display carousel system server"

"A dynamic example of a Display Carousel may be seen at www.yourdisplaycarousel.com"

Site is dead. And a specific part of the Claim... way to nullify your position there buddy

Oh and ....
http://www.hylitradio.com/demos/coupon
http://www.hylitradio.com/demos/video
www.HyLitRadio.com
www.HyLitRhythm.com
www.hylitcountry.com
www.hylitsgentlewave.com
www.Philadelphiaoldies.com
www.Phillysoldies.com
www.Phillysoldies.net
www.Phildelphiasoldies.com
www.Philadelphiasoldies.net
www.k-jewel.com
www.HyLitMediaCapture.com
www.HyLitGlobalSearch.com
www.hylitsearch.com
www.YourDisplayCarousel.com
www.mydisplaycarousel.com
www.hylitspotlight.com
www.hylitdisplaycarousel.com
www.hylitradiotechnologies.com
www.hylitradiotechnologiesinc.com
www.ceme2.com
www.displaycarousel.com
www.highlitglobalsearch.com
www.highlitradio.com
www.oiceu.com
www.seme2.com

all cited as direct examples! All dead... what a complete idiot Douchbag.

"The system of the instant invention may be based upon any suitable operating system however, a Linux based operating system is preferred"
WTF - who put proffered comments in a patent!!! Only lessens you case

 

[brutus007]

Filed in 2008

Javascript Carousel existed before 2008

2006: http://billwscott.com/carousel/updates.html
2007: http://www.gmarwaha.com/blog/2007/08/09/jcarousel-lite-a-jquery-plugin/


Congrats Apple Lawyers. I did your job for you.

I should sue Apple for using technology that takes advantage of eyes. i had eye vision technology before Apple existed.

 

[gnasher729]

I'm curious, on what grounds would this case be meritless? If the man has a valid patent and Apple have used the concept doesn't he have a case? If not, then the original patent was pointless, shouldn't have been awarded and looks more like a rip off by the US PTO. There are regular stories about Apple and others getting patents for the most bindingly obvious "inventions", how from a legal and economic standpoint can the behaviour of the PTO be justified?

Well, patents don't protect concepts. You can't get a patent for "rotating carousels", you can get a patent for one specific way to create a "rotating carousel". That's the common way to get around patents: If you want to do X, and you figure out that you achieve X by doing Y, and someone has a patent on Y, then you find a different way Z to achieve X.

 

[PotatoLeekSoup]

Apple's got fat cash. Easy target.

 

[LordBeelzebub]

This is going to be funny. Everyone desperately trying to sue a giant multi-billion company. They're going NOWHERE buddy.

As true as that may be, unless judges are growing these cases out, how much are these patent trolls costing Apple in legal fees, filing fees, court costs, etc to deal with each of these idiots that crawl out of the woodwork? That money adds up over time for each fool that pulls this stunt.

My question is, why isn't this guy suing every other company who has a website with the exact same feature? Because almost all of them do.

I think the only way to stop these people and stop them from waisting everyone else's time and money is to start fining them and if it's determined to be blatent patent trolling, then the patent that they own gets revoked.

It's like back in the 60's racing for car titles. You put yours on the line if you're going to be so arrogant to call foul on someone else. You better be legit and you better have a tight case. Let's see how many of these idiots pull this crap then.

 

[Wanted797]

Somewhere out there there is a tree working hard producing oxygen for this man. I think he owes it an apology.

 

[Glideslope]

If this guy thought Grandma's Hand on his Butt was tough, wait till Bruce is done with him.

 

[KPandian1]

I could kill you but then I would be suit because I bet the way I am going to kill is already patented.

Correct the formation of your otherwise good, funny post. "Sued", "Suited", "Sweet", and many more.

 

[AndyUnderscoreR]

This is the most blatant example of patent BS.

Not even close: https://www.tuv.com/media/germany/5...rcular_transportation_facilitation_device.pdf

 

[attila]

Filed in 2008

Javascript Carousel existed before 2008

2006: http://billwscott.com/carousel/updates.html
2007: http://www.gmarwaha.com/blog/2007/08/09/jcarousel-lite-a-jquery-plugin/


Congrats Apple Lawyers. I did your job for you.

Haha, exactly! Web carousels existed before JQuery did

 

[lowendlinux]

Not even close: https://www.tuv.com/media/germany/5...rcular_transportation_facilitation_device.pdf

Someone paid to patient a wagon wheel and the patient office accepted it..that's a lot of derp

 

[imnotthewalrus]

....brain short-circuiting....if I could just reach utility belt...

Yes, my utility belt is patented.

 

[sk1wbw]

So basically this guy just invented HTML?

 

[Popeye206]

Just shows how broken the patent system is to begin with... why something this common would get a patent is ridiculous to begin with. But that's the name of the game these days... first to file wins (not first to invent) and you can patent just about anything you can think up as long as the reviewers don't know what the heck you're talking about.

Then heaven forbid you actually do invent and patent something valid... then everyone is steals what you did and fights you for years to try and not pay damages.

 

[bdhokie]

I am also planning to sue Apple this summer. I just realized that I ate apples when I was a kid, before Apple was popular. I called them apples. So...

Apple's next political contribution should be to the politician who promises serious litigation reform.

 

[samcraig]

I don't claim to be a patent expert - but it seems as though some are a bit ignorant as well. I believe that the patent would be about a specific execution. So whether a carousel previously appeared within an OS is different than executing it on the web. And then again, it comes down to code/execution.

I'm not saying the lawsuit has legs. But I'm not so quick to dismiss it based on some of the weak criteria that has been thrown out on this thread. If that were the case, Apple wouldn't have much to claim at all for so many things.

 

[alexgowers]

Filed in 2008

Javascript Carousel existed before 2008

2006: http://billwscott.com/carousel/updates.html
2007: http://www.gmarwaha.com/blog/2007/08/09/jcarousel-lite-a-jquery-plugin/


Congrats Apple Lawyers. I did your job for you.

Is Pensilvania man becoming the new Florida man? Apple only has to say they are using a slider not a carousel which they are. The patent will be invalidated so quick. Hell i used to make websites in flash way way before 2008 more like 1999!

 

[kemal]

Give him a free iPod.

 

[WinstonRumfoord]

Florida Man's cousin?