Phew was just worrying there, I would rather have a choice which phone I wanted
rather than one being knocked off the market by patents. Apple iPhone looks
really good though, pity its not open source.
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:29:46 -0800Subject: Re: Patent?From: [EMAIL
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Patents are much more specific than that. Apple can’t simply patent
touchscreens, or even touchscreens on phone—there’s substantial prior art in
those areas. They can (conceivably, I haven’t seen any of their patent
applications, obviously) attempt to patent things like the use of particular
“gestures”, etc., but it’s 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
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