HTC sued by Apple over patents
Share this page:
Apple iPhone 3GS Specifications | Review
source: BGR
Share this page:
42 Comments
1. Kappy posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:45 0 0
sucks, could delay the release of upcoming HTC phones, possibly the incredible.
15. sinfulta posted on 02 Mar 2010, 11:06 0 0
Nothing will happen to HTC about the multi-touch. LG lost that battle almost two years ago, because the technology was not created by EITHER of them. IBM created the first touch screen in the late 1960's , and a Educational Company called Control Data in 72' Made a PLATO 4 Computer terminal for education that had a touch interface. University of Toronto created Multi-Touch at Bell Labs, then was not released to the public till 85' and it was a multi-touch tablet. Later on in the early early 90's there was a device before Palm pilots and Handsprint called "Digital Desk" that did the same multi-finger and pinching and zoom motions. What I mentioned above is why LG lost the lawsuit against Apple for the Prada about Apple was saying that was a technology they created. Well it wasn't. It was neither of them. So should all web browsing touch screen phones have it? Yes they should. And if anything they should be hiring or paying these old research developers or paying these companies if they are in still in business they're royalties. My .02 cents.
2. ekie84 posted on 02 Mar 2010, 10:12 0 0
is multitouch really an apple patern????apple s****!!!!
35. mcmkone posted on 03 Mar 2010, 03:43 0 0
Nope it's a Nokia one and they owe Nokia for paying up like all the other mani's do...!! watch this space or google it your see...
3. herbiederb posted on 02 Mar 2010, 10:17 0 0
Hopefully Google comes to the defense of HTC. Why not sue Google while you're at it?.. and Blackberry?.. and Microsoft? Apple is becoming more and more COMMUNIST everyday. And why is the U.S. patent office allowing patents on multitouch, power throttling to conserve energy, and swipe gestures to unlock, when it existed before the Iphone. When did they start to grant patents so easily? HTC has been in the phone business a lot longer than Apple and has been innovating all along. I can see a countersuit from HTC coming out of this. Go HTC! btw... I'm going to patent using two hands to type when I reinvent the keyboard.
6. corps1089 posted on 02 Mar 2010, 10:39 0 0
Jobs is going after the manufacturer of Sense: arguably the best and most usable WinMo skin. I'm guessing this is a move to cut into Microsoft sales in response to the attention that Windows phone 7 Series is getting [even though you supposedly can't skin 7 Series]. Google hasn't made too much of an effort [imho] to make stock Android interface versions truly pretty and Android seems to be immune iPHone OS [at least for males] so maybe they thought HTC was a ripe target and not Google? Besides with HTC splitting between WinMo and Android, skinning Sense onto Android and making the Nexus One, and with the most anticipated 7 Series lineup, hitting HTC may just be an effective way of doing away with their most dangerous competition since Google and Microsoft are not manufacturers...
7. Rhetoric posted on 02 Mar 2010, 10:39 0 0
What are you talking about, Apple is the farthest thing from Communist. If you want to label them with some arbitrary political term, Fascism would fit best. Damn our educational system.
8. corps1089 posted on 02 Mar 2010, 10:44 0 0
If you are going to patent using two hands when you type, I'm going to patent actually touching the keys to type. Maybe I should patent the alphabet or language itself so I can sue everyone!
10. jhoots posted on 02 Mar 2010, 10:50 0 0
or patent speaking with your mouth!! so, when people start using their phones to talk again you can reinvent and patent the conversation..
31. techie123 posted on 02 Mar 2010, 20:11 0 0
Totally agree that the US patent office approves way way WAY too many patents. Sometimes there are even overlapping patents - just ridiculous! In international law, you cannot patent an idea or method - only something tangible - so a swipe to unlock a phone is NOT patentable. So, even if Apple wins this case here, it will not be enforceable anywhere else in the world! We need to follow those same rules in the US now.
32. techie123 posted on 02 Mar 2010, 21:35 0 0
Hey, that gives me an idea. Why don't I go patent the binary numbering system! Then pretty much every company in the world would owe me gazillions!
40. corps1089 posted on 08 Mar 2010, 10:59 0 0
The binary number system would infringe on my supposed language patent, then I would have to decide to act like Steve Jobs or not...
5. ultimate booyah posted on 02 Mar 2010, 10:28 0 0
Wow. But not sue Palm! How about the LG Prada phone a few years back, Out before the iphone, was at the time alot like thee iphone. How about Alexander bell & two way communication I used to compare apple to Toyota They take other ideas then tweak it apple. NOW with their benign success they remind me of something worse then what Microsoft was. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU I stole this from Boy genius comments section Please don't sue me
11. jhoots posted on 02 Mar 2010, 10:55 0 0
what is apple supposed to do?? let people steal their inventions back??
12. cansler posted on 02 Mar 2010, 11:03 0 0
Don't you just love this sue-happy litigious society? Apple get's sued over patent infringements, and saw how it hurt, now they want to sue HTC over something they stole anyway. You all remember they just got legal right to all their iToy patents. I bet they are trying to recoup some of their legal losses...
13. jundibasam posted on 02 Mar 2010, 11:03 0 0
Apple needs to be dismantled and done away with. This is why I will never buy an Apple product because they claim to be a different type of company that is socially and economically responsible, yet they are even worse when dealing with their competitors than Microsoft is. Apple makes good products and is probably the best innovator out there, but that doesn't give them the right to take advantage of their brand and use it to bash and attack legitimate competition.
34. mcmkone posted on 03 Mar 2010, 03:38 0 0
Let's not forget now Apple patents on touch screen is not really theirs hence the reason Nokia is sueing them hard.. Every company that makes a touch screen phone have to pay nokia some cash and Apple has been ducking and diving this and now it's caught up with them... watch what's gonna happen before the end of this year... Apple are going to take a big hit into the billions...lol
