Apple Sued Over Caller ID On The iPhone
from the seriously? dept
For all the talk about how Apple patented so many different aspects of the iPhone, it really hasn't stopped a ton of iPhone-related patent infringement lawsuits against Apple. Bill Squier writes in to let us know of the latest. Someone is suing Apple over a patent on the iPhone's caller ID feature. Yes, apparently, the patent covers matching up the phone number of an incoming call with a local contact database to display who is calling. Of course, the patent also talks about a two-line LCD display and a separate receiver, which aren't exactly a part of the iPhone these days.
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hrmm
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Does this have weight?
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Re: Does this have weight?
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You want to?
Look at the 2 fastest growing economies China and India, its quickly evident how much “innovation” a patent in China encourages. Let loose the tiger of American ingenuity and free it from its current cage of absurd patent litigation in obscure east Texas towns.
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Patents are usless anyways
It was refused by the patent office, who called it a perpetual motion device, when it clearly was not, as it ran on proven chemical and physics principles. In my patent application, I listed the potential use was for Vehicles, Homes (heat and electricity), and aircraft.
Sounds fishy?
Ever wonder how difficult it is to get your hands on a patent application that was never approved?
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Re: Patents are usless anyways
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Re: Re: Patents are usless anyways
I would like to know how much my previous 5 cell phone manufacturers payed this guy. They all did this. Hell, my current Verizon phones do this.
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Unemployed Lawyers
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umm
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RE: Patents are useless anway
Its all about time and money and I think we have wasted enough of both on this thread.
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Same reason everyone else sues MS and Google...
Ever wonder why they are always the target? It's cheaper for them to just pay them off then to fight it, and they have money to do either...
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Bananaphone
Unfortunately I never seem to be able to get service, and it never rings, but I'm sure thats how the ID functions...
:P
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Apple needs to intergrate AT&T's Caller ID
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iPhone and Apple's infringment
Here is a Long list of reasons why iPhone sucks - this list of reasons is really interesting.
Thanks
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