Apple is essentially saying that no one else can offer a touch interface. I hope they don't patent the finger as a type of stylus device and how it replaces the fake pens we have been using for years.
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, Apple innovates but here's the thing, they are not the only one! > For 15 years Nokia has been actively pushing cell phone boundaries, > yet Apple is one of few phone manufactures who do NOT license Nokia's > own 10 patents regarding GSM etc. These pattens are for battle tested > technologies and NOT just for trolling/bullying. Look at one of > Apple's patent claims "undervolting of the CPU to save > battery" [http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6920574/fulltext.html]. > Really? So Apple invented Ohm's law? Baaah. > > This has nothing to do with HTC btw., Apple is obviously deadly scared > of Google and is going after the low hanging fruit. > > /Casper > > On Mar 5, 9:51 pm, Robert Casto <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have to agree that in this case, there are clear innovations that are > > probably protected by patent. They changed how you interact with a phone. > If > > the other carriers want the touch interface, they can try to license it > from > > Apple or create their own. The problem though is that the interface is > > protected by copyright so you can't do something similar. How much > different > > do you have to be before you are not in jeopardy of infringing on one of > the > > patents? If the touch interface is the best way to interact with a > computer, > > then everyone else will go out of business and Apple wins. If there are > > better ways, then people need to discover them and build them. Innovation > is > > great and patents encourage it by protecting the investments needed to > make > > the discovery. Patents also discourage innovation by making it difficult > to > > impossible to improve upon the state of the art. Does this mean that > > improvements on the touch interface can only come from Apple because they > > have the sole rights to it? > > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Simon Brocklehurst <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > In the case of the iPhone, I think it's pretty clear there was a lot > > > of true innovation going on there. The evidence is overwhelming.. The > > > mobile phone industry had been going for years before iPhone. The day > > > iPhone was announced, it changed that industry in huge ways. Today, > > > it's obvious that people have been simply copying Apple's innovation > > > (and not very well, at that). No reason why Apple doesn't deserve > > > protection for their genuine innovations if they've patented them. > > > > > IMO, this is very different from the kind of "obvious" stuff that get > > > patents awarded. So, the competition needs to invent around Apple's > > > patents. That's an opportunity to leap-frog ahead of Apple, as > > > opposed to just copying and playing catch-up. If the competition has > > > no compelling ideas about how to get ahead of Apple, and no ability to > > > execute those ideas, they deserve to go out of business. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "The Java Posse" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > <javaposse%[email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Robert Castowww.IWantFreeShipping.com > > Find Amazon Filler Items easily! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Robert Casto www.IWantFreeShipping.com Find Amazon Filler Items easily! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
