Microsoft beats Apple, files I-Pod patents
Last Updated Tue, 16 Aug 2005 16:46:29 EDT
CBC News
There are likely some red faces at Apple Computer.
Apple took too long to file a patent on part of its blockbuster I-Pod
music players, so Microsoft jumped in and beat Apple to it.
Tech pundits are snickering at the prospect of Apple having to pay Bill
Gates big royalties on the hugely popular I-Pods, which account for more
than a third of Apple's revenue.
On Tuesday, technology lawyer John Ferrell said Apple still has a lot of
options, and this isn't a knockout blow. He said Apple could file a
declaration stating it invented the technology before Microsoft filed
its patent request.
The company could also alter the patent claims so they don't overlap
Microsoft's. Ferrell estimates it could be at least another six months
before it's all sorted out.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/08/16/I-Pod_patents20050816.html
NOT HAPPY BILL ;)
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