Standards Essential Patents or SEP's [...] are a necessary part of making machines interoprable not necessarily very innovative at all. As current law has evolved, SEP's have become a less powerful lever to force cross licensing, and the encumbent companies who thought they had created a barrier to entry have been disabused of that notion by the courts. I believe this is the right thing to do to support innovation and growth in the industry.
The established practice of "FRAND" licensing of standards-essential patents helped Apple Computer become a major smartphone manufacturer virtually overnight--and to rename itself Apple, Inc. even before the first iPhone was sold. It caught standards-essential patent holders in the cell phone industry by complete surprise, such was the nature of the disruptive, new technology embodied in the iPhone.
How does stylus replace multi-touch - Except as the other gentleman suggested chopsticks (Korean version), but it will still be multi-touch pinch. Oh! Maybe Samsung will do the air-waving pinch!
A stylus, being a different form of entry couldn't completely replace multi-touch elegantly. For example, pinch -to-zoom might be done by holding down on a screen button represented by a "plus" or "minus" sign. Yeah, clutzie and crude, but doable.
If Apple denies other companies the right to use this patent in order to differentiate itself from the competition, then Samsung and others will have spent years advertising and promoting Apple's patent. In the end Apple may sell rights to parts of the multi-touch patent -- just enough to allow multi-touch to remain clumsy and incomplete on all devices except Apple's products.
What Apple has done besides innovation to be what it is today... Ideally, what mobile companies and especially the ones with smartphones should learn from Apple from a business strategy perspective?
What Apple has done besides innovation to be what it is today... Ideally, what mobile companies and especially the ones with smartphones should learn from Apple from a business strategy perspective?
Typical...LOL...GOOG up 10% on slightly beating analysts profitability predictions, meanwhile AAPL up less than 1% on news of reaffirmation of one of the most important patents in Apple's patent trove. Oh, Wall Street. You idiots.
Typical...LOL...GOOG up 10% on slightly beating analysts profitability predictions, meanwhile AAPL up less than 1% on news of reaffirmation of one of the most important patents in Apple's patent trove. Oh, Wall Street. You idiots.
Guess your tone means you aren't a Google stockholder
Over a 40% gain in the past 12 months? I don't know anyone saw that coming. . .:\
Certainly not anyone with their head screwed on straight. I guess the Apple multi-touch patent news hasn't reached the thinking part of investors brains yet. All they see right now is a fast buck on GOOG. Ha!
You know, another stick that has been on an absolute tear like a bat outta heck has been CMG (Chipotle Mexican Grill). They're up about 10% today also and they've been hitting record highs for weeks. I'm calling the next bubble now.
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One word: BAM!
Samsung Mobile just saw its existence flash before its eyes.
Read the story: This patent covers (20) TWENTY different actions. You can't even pick your nose while scrolling without stumbling over this patent.
Standards Essential Patents or SEP's [...] are a necessary part of making machines interoprable not necessarily very innovative at all. As current law has evolved, SEP's have become a less powerful lever to force cross licensing, and the encumbent companies who thought they had created a barrier to entry have been disabused of that notion by the courts. I believe this is the right thing to do to support innovation and growth in the industry.
The established practice of "FRAND" licensing of standards-essential patents helped Apple Computer become a major smartphone manufacturer virtually overnight--and to rename itself Apple, Inc. even before the first iPhone was sold. It caught standards-essential patent holders in the cell phone industry by complete surprise, such was the nature of the disruptive, new technology embodied in the iPhone.
A stylus, being a different form of entry couldn't completely replace multi-touch elegantly. For example, pinch -to-zoom might be done by holding down on a screen button represented by a "plus" or "minus" sign. Yeah, clutzie and crude, but doable.
If Apple denies other companies the right to use this patent in order to differentiate itself from the competition, then Samsung and others will have spent years advertising and promoting Apple's patent. In the end Apple may sell rights to parts of the multi-touch patent -- just enough to allow multi-touch to remain clumsy and incomplete on all devices except Apple's products.
Galaxy S no-touch Galaxy S Active multi-touch.
And they have every right to.
Steve Jobs likely significantly decreased his lifespan by working to innovate this technology.
Read the article here - http://nishithsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/what-mobile-companies-should-learn-from-apple/
But Android is more advanced than iOS's multi touch. Android has multiple touch.
Multiple touches, grabs and steal. :P
What Apple has done besides innovation to be what it is today... Ideally, what mobile companies and especially the ones with smartphones should learn from Apple from a business strategy perspective?
Read the article here - http://nishithsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/what-mobile-companies-should-learn-from-apple/
Your pictures are really nice.
Bookmarked. (for real it later)
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Multi-stylus pinch-to-zoom! Chopstick interface.
This! Best comment of the day...
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Guess your tone means you aren't a Google stockholder
You are correct.
Over a 40% gain in the past 12 months? I don't know anyone saw that coming. . .:\
Certainly not anyone with their head screwed on straight. I guess the Apple multi-touch patent news hasn't reached the thinking part of investors brains yet. All they see right now is a fast buck on GOOG. Ha!
You know, another stick that has been on an absolute tear like a bat outta heck has been CMG (Chipotle Mexican Grill). They're up about 10% today also and they've been hitting record highs for weeks. I'm calling the next bubble now.
WHY ARE THEY UP 110 DOLLARS TODAY?! WHAT COULD THEY HAVE POSSIBLY DONE SINCE YESTERDAY TO DESERVE THAT?!
This.
http://www.ibtimes.com/google-inc-goog-q3-2013-earnings-report-beats-wall-street-estimates-1431124