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Microsoft Pips Apple To IPod Patent
Talkback The story should read "Microsoft tries to patent Apple technology. Good Lord man, a simple Google of US Patent law would reveal that Microsoft's patent is PENDING approval and will definately be denied due to "prior art".
[August 15, 2005, 22:32]
Microsoft Pips Apple To IPod Patent
Talkback Did you know you can now get insurance, that protects you against is litigation by microsoft over core linux technology patent infringement? Thank god the European Patent Directive got thrown out! "All your patents are belong to us!
[August 15, 2005, 11:00]
Apple Tries To Patent IPod Interface
Talkback Whatever next, a patent app for the colour of the screen, for the type of buttons used on the case. And you cannot patent a method. Or I shall apply for a patent for the method in which a device is switched on and I'll sue every electrical...
[April 14, 2004, 10:00]
Apple Tries To Patent IPod Interface
Talkback Apple Computer's iPOD U.I. Patent Application stands very little chance of being approved as there are Mobile Phone based Services in Europe that have adopted very similar, if not identical, structures.
[April 1, 2004, 19:06]
Apple Tries To Patent IPod Interface
News Apple is trying to patent the interface for its iPod music player. In its patent application 20040055446, published on Thursday, Apple describes a graphical user interface "and methods of use thereof in a multimedia player".
[March 29, 2004, 14:40]
Apple's Patent Bending
Talkback I believe this is a unique and non-obvious (two key patent qualifying criteria) feature that, when combined with the rest of the iPod's feature-set, should be granted a patent. But there is at least one thing about the iPod that should qualify as...
[April 1, 2004, 3:40]
Microsoft Pips Apple To IPod Patent
News While Microsoft has struggled to challenge the iPod in the market, the software giant's lawyers have managed to slow Apple Computer's attempt to patent its digital music technology. Apple will continue to pursue this patent application, as well as...
[August 15, 2005, 10:15]
Apple Pays $100m To End Creative Battle
News The patent applies to portable media players, which includes devices such as the iPod or mobile phones that have the ability to play music, he said. After months of hinting that it would be coming after rival music player companies, Creative sued...
[August 24, 2006, 9:00]
Apple's Patent Bending
Talkback I do not have facts to back this up, but before the iPod, I remember seeing a wheel scroll (aka the jog wheel) on a SONY Vaio laptop that could be used similarly as the iPod's to navigate. The particular patent in discussion here is about the...
[February 22, 2005, 0:36]
Apple's Patent Bending
Talkback The real patent here should be the whole ipod package file heirarchy navigation using scroll wheel, etc). The iPod has been out for a while, and noone has brought a competing device that is as effective in the interface area.
[February 22, 2005, 0:43]
Gates: Restricting IP Rights Is Tantamount To Communism
News They had a hit with the Apple II, they had a hit with the Macintosh, and they have a hit with the iPod, so this is a company that's had three hits, and that's very impressive. I mean, they clearly have had a hit with the iPod.
[January 6, 2005, 12:20]
Patent And Event Reignite IPhone Rumours
News A device combining features of a phone and iPod has been expected for years, by rivals such as Motorola as well as supporters, and the rumours have been regularly fed by patents and trademarks filed by Apple.
[September 11, 2006, 13:35]
IPod Crash Protection Patent Published
News Apple is eyeing a technology that could make the iPod more likely to survive a fall. The portable computing device protects its disk drive by monitoring for such accelerations and operating to avoid usage of the disk drive during periods of...
[December 24, 2004, 8:50]
Musical Tribute To IPod And Treo
News A small San Diego company has come out with a device that shares similarities with two of the hottest gadgets in the tech world: Apple Computer's iPod and Handspring's Treo.eDigital has started selling a pocket MP3 player known as Treo 10, which...
[December 6, 2001, 15:27]
Apple's Misplaced Creativity
Leader With the iPod line looking increasingly moribund, Apple's putting its ingenuity into finding new ways to use flawed law to do much the same thing, without getting its own hands dirty. The patent remains untested in court: not only has Apple paid...
[August 24, 2006, 15:05]
RealNetworks Muscles Into IPod
News RealNetworks is expected to announce on Monday that it has unlocked some of Apple Computer's most tightly held technology secrets, giving its music a way onto the popular iPod digital music player. Last January, RealNetworks also announced that it...
[July 26, 2004, 8:55]
Apple Pays Out Over ITunes Patent
News The company says that includes the sale of digital music online which can then be burned to a CD or transferred to a hard drive device such as an iPod. It has now launched a new round of patent infringement suits against 14 companies including...
[August 5, 2004, 9:50]
InterTrust To Protect Tunes On Sanyo Device
News In addition, some powerful new machines do not support any encryption scheme, such as Apple Computer's iPod. Sonicblue's Rio digital audio players, including the Rio 600 and the Rio 800, support DRM software offered by Microsoft, which has been...
[January 11, 2002, 11:21]
Anti-P2P Lawmaker Given Top IP Position
News Last year, he and Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont introduced the "Induce Act", an anti-file-swapping bill that foes said could target products like Apple's iPod. It's responsible for overseeing the US Copyright Office and drafting legislation and...
[March 18, 2005, 8:55]
Apple Accused Of Patent Infringement
News Burst.com has filed a countersuit against Apple claiming that the iTunes software, the iPod and the Quicktime streaming software all infringe on patents held by Burst.com, Burst announced Monday. The company was involved in a similar patent...
[April 18, 2006, 9:40]
