Patents are much more specific than that. Apple can¹t simply patent touchscreens, or even touchscreens on phonethere¹s substantial prior art in those areas. They can (conceivably, I haven¹t seen any of their patent applications, obviously) attempt to patent things like the use of particular ³gestures², etc., but it¹s unlikely (to me) that this would have direct impact on the NEO...
On 1/10/07 7:21 AM, "Stuart Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just watching the apple iPhone keynote. And when Steve Jobs is > describing the phone touchscreen interface, he says they have patented it. > What does this mean about the OpenMoko phone? I am not overly knowledgable > about patent protection, so it may be a silly question. But doesn't the fact > that they have the mobile phone touchscreen interface patented mean that you > cannot realease the OpenMoko as it is infringing on it? > Stuart Gray > > > Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. > <http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911 > fb2b2e6d> > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
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