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Maybe they should try changing their name to Cingular... Oh wait, they already tried that... Seems AT&T and Comcast have a lot in common...
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Quote: Originally Posted by NasserAE Here is the link. It seems you really don't know what you are talking about. I suggest you stop posting BS. Jackass. PS: You might need to look up the definition of dissertation as well. "...Oklahoma …
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Quote: Originally Posted by sprockkets Haha, haha, project looking glass, their attempt at making 3d desktop effects to one up microsoft, when OSX already had it. Linux had it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz) a full year+ before OS X Leop…
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I'm sure there were many side deals made in those days. Like I said, companies flew pretty loose with IP in those days. However, the key word there is "look" not "copy". Is it as much Xerox's fault their IP was "adopted" by others, absolutely. The w…
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What idea is it that you moonbats keep referring to? Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 You can't patent an idea. You can patent a method of implementing that idea, as Apple has done and as Apple has alleged that HTC has copied. Obviou…
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Here, read the article for yourself that details the Xerox case: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/15/bu...e+xerox&st=nyt Apple was accused of copying the design of Xerox's Star operating system, on which Xerox had copyright protection. Probl…
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Sorry, "stole" is too strong a description, but they definitely copied elements of Xerox's design: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/15/bu...e+xerox&st=nyt It's difficult to compare the present case and the former case. As the article above p…
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True, but what was the "paradigm shift"? Was it the phone or was it really the app store integration? I would argue that it was the app store integration, yet that is not in any of the patent claims. I would also agree Apple lead the way in putting …
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At least you point out your bias. I would also not agree that Apple exists because of what they copied from Xerox. Woz certainly had plenty of good ideas on his own and Jobs is the best salesman in the world. However, as the Xerox case clearly point…
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Yes, I agree entirely on your points; my point wasn't to suggest a definitive invalidation of Apple's patents. As you pointed out there are many technicalities that require resolution in a court of law. However, at the same time we cannot ignore the…
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Your welcome to your opinion of course, but I've posted the relevant research, so whatever... What axe would that be? I've simply offered a neutral stance and clarification of the laws relevant to patent and copyright deputes. I honestly don't ca…
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Post the text where I claimed Apple copied the code... I said Apple copied the design, which they did, which doesn't require any code, much like I could copy the design of Apple's or Google's websites without actually copying the code. But hey…
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Kind of like Apple's push to control all things media? Quote: Originally Posted by anonymouse Hubris, combined with a very Microsoft-like desire to control everything and tendency to overreach.
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Better than reading a bunch of media spin, I read the actual patents at issue. None of which are unique to computing devices. The first half-dozen or so have to do with multi-touch or gesture-based computing, which as I pointed out in an earlier pos…
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Apparently you don't; from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophism: Sophism can mean two very different things: In the modern definition, a sophism is a specious argument used for deceiving someone. Which is the context I am assuming yo…
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I don't know about tap to zoom, but most of the "gestures" that make up modern multi-touch technology were invented by R.K. McConnell in 1986: http://www.merl.com/papers/TR94-03/ Quote: Originally Posted by shubidua Opera Mini or Mobile ? I…
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Seriously, do you even know what sophistry is, or did it come up during a Wikipedia search and you are just using it in every one of your posts to sound like your wicked smart? I could post the "facts" of what the Google Books case really is and …
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Are you seriously using this Tomi Ahonen: http://www.tomiahonen.com/ as an example? He's about as marketing/media spin artist as you can get and would say anything to get publicity. There are also people called "editors" who are known to add click g…
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Because they haven't been convicted of that yet. Until that happens they are only "alleged" by the biased side of the suit of having done so. Stating anything otherwise is disingenuous at best. Plus you are not Google, so how do you know that they d…
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The only people calling the iPhone revolutionary were the Apple fan-boys and media types that had a hard-on for Apple products. At the time, Blackberries were the revolutionary product allowing people to be productive via phone and e-mail communicat…