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Quote: Originally Posted by jamesarm97 The patent should be looked at based on the title of the patent for use: "The invention is in the field of computer assisted transcription apparatus or word processing systems. ". Sounds to me they target th…
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Sigh....how many times will this kind of question be asked? Yes it is normal. for every K, the difference is 2.5% (1024 vs 1000). For every M, it is 5%. For every G, it is almost 8%. For 160G, that mathmatically difference is 12G. Then the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Usually it's not that hard to make and market a niche product that implements the idea. You don't have to sell millions of units to have a real product. I don't think there is an easy solution to the patent …
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Quote: Originally Posted by aresee TheBum may not being saying this, but I do. I feel that a patent holder must make an reasonable effort to exploit the monopoly privilege that he has been granted. Secretly waiting in wait for someone else to red…
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"To solve this, ____ inventor Wayne Carl Westerman suggests multiple solutions that the company could use with future products." Funny thing is, if this is filed by an individual inventor who doesn't work for Apple, people here will all be scream…
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Quote: Originally Posted by aegisdesign I think you have that backwards. Apple delayed Leopard to put developers onto the iPhone, or so the official line goes. I don't think they were telling lies. iPhone OSX 1.0 wasn't Leopard though. IIRC th…
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I would like iPhone to be 100% organic. Actually, I would like everything to be organic.... So, in case there is an earthquake and I run out of food, I can just eat my iPhone...and then my TV, and finally my car.
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross You don't know much about this issue, do you? These patent trolling companies buy up patents for low costs. They then sit on them. When they do pounce, they can make enough money on one issue to pay for their …
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich In addition to 'force return' as defined by WakeCharlie, once the "computer controlled deformable surface" (similar to catoms) is developed, keys could visibly rise from the transparent surface, enabling t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross The point is that Apple is a company that actually builds, and sells stuff. These patent trolls, aren't only demeaned by us. It's the community in general that's unhappy with the situation. These companies buy…
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It is amazing that if Apple files a patent, everyone's in joy. But if someone else had the patent first, he's a patent troll. I am not saying they aren't good inventions. Actually, both of those patenst will (again) change our way of computing in…
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Quote: Originally Posted by BobWeber Earlier today I blogged the following re the patent being asserted against Apple: Deleted -JL The main point is that there appears to be prior art to the asserted patent that may call its validity into q…
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Quote: Originally Posted by physguy OK. There are 4 independent claims in the patent 1, 21, 32 and 37. In reading these, to me, they seem to be variation of cookie-based web access to a site, with and without encryption, etc. They involve an a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Taskiss Here's prior art before '98... http://www.fet.uni-hannover.de/~purnhage/dat/scms.txt SCMS came before this patent. Did you read the patent claims? It is not about copy protection, which has prior arts a…
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Interesting .... nobody does the patent suit bashing on the DRM lawsuit this time? Well, the patent's priority date was in 98. iTunes was released in 2001. Can anyone think of any prior art before 98? It looks like a solid patent to me.
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Quote: Originally Posted by tompage Have a look at the source for http://www.apple.com/feedback/airportextreme.html where you see the code is almost identical bar the product name. All these feedback pages will be generated dynamically from a sta…
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Quote: Originally Posted by svesan03 I have a problem with many of these patent filings and subsequent law suits. My main question is... After patenting the idea, did they actually develop a working model and try to market the product? If not,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by SpamSandwich Are you guys telling me that neither Nike nor Apple applied and received patents for their system prior to taking it to market? These companies have to have the biggest bunch of inept lawyers I've ever…
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Quote: Originally Posted by caliminius I think a more pertinent quote from the patent abstract would be this: Four membrane switches are located in the sole of the footwear: a pair of membrane switches is positioned under the ball of the user'…
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People need to get over it. Cell phone price drop fast. I have bought phones for $200 which drop to $-50 after rebate (yes, they pay you) in a couple of short months. I won't be surprised if iPhone end up $100 in one year, and $0 or negative in t…