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Microsoft steal ipod patent from Apple
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:26 pm
by Canidae
Yes I said steal, with the help of bullshit rules of the patent office.
How can a company that had nothing to do with something successfully gain a patent to something that it is clear by their products on the market, the one who should own the patent?
They haven't got final approval yet but Apples patent was rejected because of the Microsoft application.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,3 ... 78,00.html
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:28 pm
by phoq
well played MS
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:29 pm
by Don Carlos
LOL OWNED
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:33 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
much better article
here
"In general, our policy is to allow others to license our patents so they can use our innovative methods in their products," David Kaefer, Microsoft's director of intellectual property licensing, said in a statement. "Microsoft and Apple have previously licensed their respective patent portfolios to one another and we maintain a good working relationship with Apple."
But in an interview, Kaefer agreed that it may be a bit premature to speculate that Apple will have to send Microsoft a check for each iPod.
Although the decision is considered "final" in patent office terminology, Apple will have the opportunity to try and redefine the scope of its patent so it does not overlap with Microsoft's patent application.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:33 pm
by CrinklyArse
phoq wrote:well played MS
w3rd
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:34 pm
by rgoer
patent is only applied for, not granted
prior art exists
this is not news
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:41 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
well we can already tell who has an ipod and who doesn't.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:43 pm
by Mr.Magnetichead
Well played Clerks.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:45 pm
by R00k
There's no way in hell Apple will have to pay MS for every iPod they sell.
Still, another predatory business move by MS, the way it sounds.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:46 pm
by Dek
Lawyers at Bill Gates' firm filed a patent for technology behind the hugely successful digital music player two months before Apple.
Not sure how that entails stealing if they did it 2 months before Apple's patent..
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:49 pm
by R00k
It was a lapse. Apple's license expired, MS came in and applied for a patent.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:50 pm
by Canidae
rgoer wrote:patent is only applied for, not granted
prior art exists
this is not news
From what I heard I don't think prior art will help Apple much either though. They released the product/implementation and profited commercially from it for more than a year. Generally, prior art only protects your un-commercialized ideas to give you a chance to get to market. That's why companies always spend the $$$ to protect ideas before we hear see them.
In the end, I don't think either company will get their patent. Since Apple dropped the ball on the legal end, the technologies referenced will be open for anyone's use without license
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:18 pm
by dnoyc
owned.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:25 pm
by Iccy (temp)
Im telling you, apple is on the rise and MS sees it, thats what this is all about.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:16 pm
by Denz
M$ at it again huh? They steal everything.
Hell Windows was stolen.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:26 pm
by eepberries
The whole idea of patents is bullshit in the first place
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:29 pm
by MKJ
how fucking queer. really MS's way of dealing with some healthy competition.
homos
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:05 pm
by losCHUNK
its a smart move by MS
and a dumb one by apple
shit happens, apple now know that
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:41 pm
by R00k
eepberries wrote:The whole idea of patents is bullshit in the first place
Not at all. But the way some patent laws are abused is bullshit.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:02 pm
by Jackal
R00k wrote:There's no way in hell Apple will have to pay MS for every iPod they sell.
Still, another predatory business move by MS, the way it sounds.
saying "predatory business" is a bit redundant.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:44 pm
by Dr_Watson
this is all pretty ironic, considering apple periodically has to pay apple records for the name.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:01 pm
by Jackal
that's not ironic at all. it is however incidental.