I thought US Federal law as well as international commercial law stated that if a company or individual held a patent for something that it had to be used within three to five years otherwise the patent would be invalid. I think this was done because companies were just holding on to things as some of them didn't know how to create the technology and were getting massive payouts from court room brawls.
Take care ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Blouch" <[email protected]> To: "MacVisionaries" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 3:04 PM Subject: Touchpad patent holder sues just about everyone > > From Slashdot yesterday. > > "Okay, well, maybe not everyone but more than twenty companies > (including Apple, Qualcomm, Motorola and Microsoft) are being sued for a > generic patent that reads: 'Apparatus and methods for controlling a > portable electronic device, such as an MP3 player; portable radio, voice > recorder, or portable CD player are disclosed. A touchpad is mounted on > the housing of the device, and a user enters commands by tracing > patterns with his finger on a surface of the touchpad. No immediate > visual feedback is provided as a command pattern is traced, and the user > does not need to view the device to enter commands.' Sounds like their > may be a few companies using that technology. The suit was filed on July > 15th in the favoritest place ever to file patent claim lawsuits: Texas > Eastern District Court. It's a pretty classic patent troll; they've been > holding this patent since 2003 and they just noticed now that everyone > and his dog are using touchpads to control portable electronic devices." > > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/07/22/213256/Touchpad-Patent-Holder-Tsera-Sues-Just-About-Everyone > > CB > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
