Apple had licensed Apple iPhone and Apple iPad patents to Microsoft; battle over jury instructions
0. phoneArena posted on 13 Aug 2012, 15:46
As court resumes after the weekend recess, we take a look at what is happening with the disputed jury instructions and we bring you up to date with the testimony of patent licensing director Boris Teksler who talks about offering licenses to Samsung in 2010...
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21. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 13 Aug 2012, 20:34 2 2
Apple's one main objective is using the lawsuit to discredit Samsung, that's why they repeat the theme "copycat" again and again with little relevance to the substence of the case.
22. Droid_X_Doug posted on 13 Aug 2012, 22:17 1 0
Patent validity is the heart of Apple's case. No valid patents means no infringement. Jury instructions are going to be key.
25. anywherehome posted on 14 Aug 2012, 03:18 0 1
yes....sigh....the corrupted iKoh will instruct the jury: "this is not about validity of (stupid) the patents this trial is about infringement, so decide so"
so Samsung is going probably to loose......thanks god they can appeal to get no iJudge from iTunes, hope.
iKoh would be great even with a case of infringement the "wheel patent" ....she doesn't care what is good she cares just about money
2. speckledapple posted on 13 Aug 2012, 16:01 4 1
Microsoft and Apple have had cross licensing deals for years now. They both use and license patents for use in their products. I doubt Microsoft would need to produce a copy of what Apple creates as they do a great job standing on their own. This article should take note of that fact.
4. PhoneArenaUser posted on 13 Aug 2012, 16:16 1 5
"Microsoft and Apple have had cross licensing deals for years now. They both use and license patents for use in their products."
Could you name what exactly cross licensing deals have Microsoft and Apple, please?
7. speckledapple posted on 13 Aug 2012, 16:40 5 0
http://www.windowsitpro.com/ar
ticle/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/apple-microsoft-crosslicensed-patents-agreed-clone-products-143983
In black and white.
9. PhoneArenaUser posted on 13 Aug 2012, 16:47 0 0
Thanks. :)
They made stange agreement.
13. remixfa posted on 13 Aug 2012, 18:38 3 2
who wants to bet that it was a net even cross patent where neither company paid anything?
And yes, Apple owes MS everything. If it wasnt for the kindness of Bill Gates propping up a COMPETITOR so it wouldnt fail with a massive cash injection through stock options, Apple wouldnt even be here today.
NO ONE in the industry pays $40 per phone for ANY patent or any group of patents. Apple is extorting under threat of nearly unlimited legal action (which its obviously following through on). MS has one of the highest per phone pay outs at about $5-7 a phone with their agreement with HTC.
Rectangles, green phone icons, and bouncy menus are not worth $40 bux per phone. Sorry.
12. MartyK posted on 13 Aug 2012, 17:24 4 0
Not to mention MS gave Apple some money to survive in the 80's and 90's..
16. groupsacc posted on 13 Aug 2012, 19:17 0 3
Well, I guess Bill Gates felt little sympathetic towards Apple, as he won the battle of "who's the first to steal Xerox's GUI" and left Apple in the dust.
18. tedkord posted on 13 Aug 2012, 19:26 1 3
Bill Gates felt a little scared that the U.S. government would consider Microsoft a monopoly when the only really competing OS vanished. That's what that was all about.
And doubt think for a second that it didn't eat Steve Jobs' ass that he had to thank Gates for saving Apple.
23. Droid_X_Doug posted on 14 Aug 2012, 00:54 1 0
The bile that Steve had to swallow when he had to go see Bill on bended knee may have contributed to Steve's pancreatic cancer.
After losing the lawsuit with MS over a poorly worded license agreement, Steve swore a holy oath to never get screwed again. Going thermonuclear on Google was just the latest manifestation of never getting screwed again.
5. matrix_neo posted on 13 Aug 2012, 16:27 3 1
Good article Alan, you should be part of samsung's legal counsel.
After samsung and apple, microsoft might be the next apple to sue, it seems their surface tablet violates their licensing deal. This is another interesting story to follow.
6. tedkord posted on 13 Aug 2012, 16:28 8 1
Considering there'd be no Apple today if not for Microsoft, I'd imagine they've got to license to them, and not at some silly $30 per phone for shapes and patterns.
8. Santi_Santi posted on 13 Aug 2012, 16:43 2 5
3 Devices tossed on apple vs Sammys case, Galaxy Ace, Galaxy S and Galaxy S2... BOOOH YAAAH
10. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 13 Aug 2012, 17:15 0 1
Getting down to the nitty gritty! and It sounds like Samsung is right about what they are asking the judge to say.......
11. Angkor posted on 13 Aug 2012, 17:21 5 1
Apple had licensed its prized technology???? which makes the offer to Samsung look like a gift. Apple technology was nothing beside drawings and none working concepts.
Judge Koh must close this case "look and feel" wasting too much money for nothing.
14. remixfa posted on 13 Aug 2012, 18:41 3 1
from the sounds of the article, basic copying "zomg a rectangle!" is not illegal unless its a direct patent infringement. So with that in mind then it sounds like Samsung is right in asking that she tell the jury to disregard their feelings on if samsung "copied" or not as part of the deciding practice.
If Apple cant prove patent infringement on their whimsical patents, case closed.. period... regardless of any "similarities" in looks.
15. khmer posted on 13 Aug 2012, 19:13 0 0
U.S. Patent Office should change rules of application patent process from now only working devices, applications, etc. to be award and none working patents should not be award. The look, feel, copy, clone, drawings, none working concepts, etc. or any patents are none working patents should be voided from Patent Office. After patents awarded must allow 90 days to prove that patents are working, if not working than voided. Apple is abused on patent licensing that banned and destroy HTC revenue and banned Samsung products it was very bad patent abused.
Thomas Jefferson was appointed to be the first head of the U.S. Patent Office in 1790, and said patents had “given a spring to invention beyond my conception.” Prior to that, though, he was against patents, as he worried “abuse of frivolous patents is likely to cause more inconvenience than is countervail by those really useful.”
With patent lawsuits flying across borders, corporations and brands, which side of the patent argument has dominated: frivolously abusive or springily inventive?
17. sgogeta4 posted on 13 Aug 2012, 19:24 0 0
Even with a 100% independent creation, you can be liable for infringement -- and even with 100% intentional copying, you are not liable for anything if there is no valid patent within the scope of which your copied product falls.
^ this is why patent laws need to change. It's ridiculous that this statement holds true in law.
19. tedkord posted on 13 Aug 2012, 19:28 0 0
Software patents should be done away with. Copyright is enough protection. When you can patent a vague idea, innovation loses.
24. Bluesky02 posted on 14 Aug 2012, 01:59 0 0
Keep dreaming if Apple will sue Microsoft, they had issues in the 90's which has been fixed. Moreover Windows 8 doesn't look anything like an iPhone OS.
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