Of note Apple has another patent infringement claim against Sir and its "natural-language" processing. to deal with. Originally brought by IPNav and now in Marathon's hands this one, US Patent 7,177,798, might even carry a pretty hefty licensing cost since the USPTO has rejected every one of Apple's validity challenges. That makes things much stickier as the likelihood of invalidation if it goes to trial takes a big hit http://e-foia.uspto.gov/Foia/ReterivePdf?system=PRPS&flNm=IPR2014-00077_12
In the past couple of weeks Apple (during the Samsung trial) stated just how valuable they believe Siri is, drawing buyers to the iPhone. You can be certain Marathon took notice. If successfully litigated or settled for on-going royalties I expect Google and Microsoft to be next up and in no particular order.
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Don't expect any kind of justice in a Chinese court. Apple has to grease the right hands otherwise they will lose.
You mean like what happened with the iBooks case in USA?
http://e-foia.uspto.gov/Foia/ReterivePdf?system=PRPS&flNm=IPR2014-00077_12
In the past couple of weeks Apple (during the Samsung trial) stated just how valuable they believe Siri is, drawing buyers to the iPhone. You can be certain Marathon took notice. If successfully litigated or settled for on-going royalties I expect Google and Microsoft to be next up and in no particular order.