Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Daniel Mewes
Perhaps I should also post my personal opinion about this and I think there are different possibilities what may happen: 1. The patents are valid (don't think so) 1.1 After successfully suing Apple, Dell and so on, Typhoon will continue with suing smaller companies like OpenMoko. Probably they wil

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread arne anka
the first one dates from 1995. did anyone care to read it fully and can say if it is really soemthing else then a troll's catch-all? On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:11:26 +0200, Adilson Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Daniel Mewes escreveu: >

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Adilson Oliveira
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Mewes escreveu: > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5675362.PN.&OS=PN/5675362&RS=PN/5675362 > This one is from 1997 and Palm PDAs, for instance, exist

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Atilla Filiz writes: >Look who are sued: >Palm, Nokia, Aplle, Dell... >I thought most of them were doing this for years. :P Any fisherman will tell you that you don't start reeling in when the fish first nibbles the hook, you wait until they've had time to really take a solid bite. Patent trolls

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:12:36 +0200 Daniel Mewes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Typhoon Touch Technologies has initiated legal measures against > different companies with reasonings including - but not limited to - > producing touch screen driven smartphones, as far as I understand

Re: Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Atilla Filiz
Look who are sued: Palm, Nokia, Aplle, Dell... I thought most of them were doing this for years. :P On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Daniel Mewes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Typhoon Touch Technologies has initiated legal measures against > different companies with reasonings inc

Patent threat to OpenMoko devices?

2008-06-24 Thread Daniel Mewes
Hi everyone, Typhoon Touch Technologies has initiated legal measures against different companies with reasonings including - but not limited to - producing touch screen driven smartphones, as far as I understand it. Those devices are claimed to infringe two patents. http://app.quotemedia.com/quot