Apple today filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. District Court in Delaware.“We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it,” complained Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.” he went on to whine.
Apple claimed to have reinvented the mobile phone in 2007 with its 2G iPhone®, which then lacked cut and paste, and in 2008 discovered native applications were better than web pages, which they were pushing at the time. Over 40 million iPhones using native applications have now been sold.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh but now only hold around 3% of the computer market world wide.
Of note is that any Windows Mobile licensee has automatic patent protection for any Microsoft technology included in the device, which may mean the patents either cover HTC implementations of other technology, HTC’s work on Android or that Microsoft will soon join HTC in the dock.
They honestly think unlocking a device by sliding your finger across it is a "Hard Work" idea ? I patented the quickest way to get to Sunway Pyramid from my neighborhood. I think I will sue everyone who drives there using my route ! Or how about this I want to patent that my browser is the only one that can use scroll bars on the right side to scroll up and down websites ? Completely ridiculous !
Via : WMPoweruser
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