it’s been a while since I did one of these, what with vacation and the outage.
#patentfun is a weekly article rounding up the litigation surrounding the Android OS… and is becoming less ‘fun’ than it is scary
So, since it’s been a while, I can’t even begin to try to get caught up, so I’ll just do some of the more recent scenarios and recap.
First off before I dive into it, I wanted to share this article from the Verge. All about the patent troll situation and who is it really benefiting? True enough, we’re beyond the trolls these days with near all-out war between Apple and Samsung, but the point remains, no really anybody is winning (except those involved in the legal system). I love the line he uses: ”Sunlight is the best disinfectant”
I’m hoping that somehow, some way, Apple gets the message that this is only ruining their reputation. People are starting to see that the company doesn’t want to litigate for someone else using their patents… they want to clear the battlefield. They don’t want to be rewarded with damages, they want injunctions. They don’t want competition.
Eerie… especially as you look how they came about as a way to be a ‘choice’ against the oppressive bigger companies.
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2024-06-30/
Anyways, on to the articles.
Coby and Aluratek become latest Android manufacturers to license patents from Microsoft
Microsoft doesn’t mind taking some licensing… it’s a way to recognize their hard work, so long as the licensing fee isn’t too great. They’re not trying to crush competition.
Patent Trolls – A New Study and a Survey ~ mw
trolls…
Judge Richard Posner: There Are Too Many Patents In America
Yay, somebody has some sense…
“With some exceptions, US patent law does not discriminate among types of inventions or particular industries. This is, or should be, the most controversial feature of that law. The reason is that the need for patent protection in order to provide incentives for innovation varies greatly across industries.”
Now, Posner, what’re you going to do?
Fujifilm Sues Motorola Mobility Over Android Patents, Takes A Comfy Seat On The Bandwagon
Why not Fuji? I mean, Apple makes it look so easy!
An anatomy of patent lawsuits: Apple is involved in 60% of them
60%… this is definitely that prefers to litigate than to innovate.
German Court denies Apple’s claim that Motorola Xoom tablet infringes on iPad design
Wait, so the Xoom looks nothing like the Galaxy Tab? I think that it’s as close in looks to the iPad as the Tab is… but that’s just me I guess.
Google writes to Senate Judiciary Committee requesting certain Apple patents be made standard
I’ll have to get a friend of mine to explain to me standard essentials patents… there’s a lot of debate going on about what’s open source, versus standard essentials… some moral, mostly opinionated. What do you think?
I’m thinking that it mainly comes from a situation like we’ve seen with the (yet another) ANDROID KILLER PATENT and how it was recently awarded to Apple. Those kinds of patents are so generic in their usage that you would think that they invented a portable device. I’m hoping for a Palm corporate zombie to pop out of the ground and take Apple out… that’d be awesome. The kind of Sam Raimi ending (more Evil Dead than Spiderman) needed for this crazy scenario.
Minecraft creator sued for patent infringement in Android game
This is new! Not against Android directly, but how they use the in app checking if they’re registered. Is it an Android problem… no, but interesting none the less how Android becomes the focal point of the article.
Australian Judge Calls Samsung vs Apple Patent Suit “Ridiculous” – We’d Have To Agree
And ridiculous is fairly nice way to put it.
But she mentions just going to mediation… as we’ve seen, that doesn’t work.
“Why on earth are these proceedings going ahead? It?s just ridiculous. A similar dispute between any other two companies would be immediately ordered to mediation. Why shouldn?t I order the parties to mediation?”
Apple, Samsung fail to reach common ground in new top execs mediation meeting
You don’t say?
/nic cage meme face
Galaxy Tab 7.7 sales ban obtained by Apple in EU, Galaxy Tab 10.1N injunction denied
win some, lose some they say.
the winner here is that Apple proves that their customers are dumb folk that can’t tell the difference between an iPad and a tablet of a different size… or they’d need to put a silver line around the outside to mark it. These must be the same folk that needed the hockey puck to be outlined in blue on the ice.
Apple Wants $2.5 Billion From Samsung For Infringed Patents, Offers Half A Cent For Each Samsung Patent
This is what I mean by “they don’t want damages, they want you out”. How is this fair and reasonable. $24/device for the design? Good freakin’ luck. If the iPad were a large painting, would you pay $2.5 BILLION for it?
I could see the small amounts for licensing (which they’re not interested in), but asking $24/device is ludicrous.
Samsung says Apple would not have sold a single iPhone without the benefit of their patented technology
Man, this is just getting ugly.
Apple Comes Back Swinging: Says Google Warned Samsung About Devices Looking Too Similar To Apple’s
Design patents… really? I can’t believe you can get a patent on a ‘design’. You know, maybe in the 40′s and 50′s when they made those crazy looking cars with the fins and whatnot. But it’s not like it’s a logo? A rectangular box is not a design… it just so happens to be what an LCD is.
If Apple was really that concerned, maybe they should have handled it like Jack Daniel’s did:
Apple wins stay on posting notice that Samsung did not infringe on products
I didn’t figure they would have to in the end. I mean when I first heard the ruling and the ‘penalty’ on Apple when I got back after my trip I thought it was a joke.
Early ‘Jony’ iPhone concept shows Sony design influence
We’ll see how this plays out… Apple copying a Sony design? hmmm…
Microsoft Files Motion in Apple v. Samsung to Hide Patent License Agreement Terms ~pj
wait, are you saying that MS and Apple are in collusion with each other? Remember when they teamed up together to make that “rockstar consortium” to buy the patents and pay double what they were worth to ensure Google didn’t get them?
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2024/05/rockstar/
That’s enough… my head hurts now. Stupid Apple.
