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Originally Posted by Cicatrize
I don't give a shit whether or not Apple has the rights to do this, or even if they had the patents first. I can now guarantee you that I will never in my life buy an Apple product, and I will never stand behind them. This is a low blow to a company who has innovated for years and has started to do things BETTER than Apple has, and of course, they feel threatened.
I read the article on Engadget and some of the patents they own are ridiculous. I find it completely insane that some of those things can even be patented. This one here is just stupid:
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The '381 Patent, entitled "List Scrolling And Document Translation, Scaling, And Rotation
On A Touch-Screen Display," was duly and legally issued on December 23, 2008 by the United
States Patent and Trademark Office. A copy of the '381 Patent is attached hereto as Exhibit D.
Rotation? You mean the same thing that's been available since before the 6700? Wow, Apple. F**k you. |
Now, now, now ... to understand what a patent covers, you must read the patent claims, which define the patent protection. And to properly understand the claim language, you have to read the specification (basically, the rest of the document) to see how the language is defined (it can deviate from regular meanings). I do this stuff for a living, btw.
But, I hear ya. The patents I looked over were uber lame. It's funny how Apple can bitch & complain behind such weak patents. I think they're gonna get their asses waxed in the end.
And yeah, like 99% of the folks here, I see it the same way: Apple is askeered that HTC is gonna take off, and the iPhone is gonna die. Oh well, it's called keeping up with the times, and here, that means Apple needs to get off their asses and come up with something that competes. The iPhone always did kinda suck, so maybe they can improve it? Do something, Apple, something that matters. Not just file infringement suits to try to parasitically drain financial gains of another. HTC!! Get some bug spray!!!