Apple Attacks HTC on Patents

[theblackrod]

http://www.dailytech.com/Apples+Wild+iPhone+Patent+Attack+Took+HTC+by+Suprise/article17822.htm

Yesterday Apple aired a bizarre lawsuit against smart phone

maker HTC, who manufactures the hardware for the HTC Hero (Android 1.5)

and the Nexus One (Android 2.1). The suit seeks to block the import of

the phones from Taiwan. In the suit Apple claims to have invented,

among other things, cell phone CPU undervolting, object oriented graphics on a cell phone, touch screen unlocking, and multi-touch gesture control.

The first response to the article had a clever little comment in later posts:

"Sorry

to break it to you, but I just checked with the patent office.

Apparently, Apple patented the act of thinking differently quite some

time ago. Be advised, any and all brain activity henceforth may be in

violation."

 

[Dustin.]

Ya, we can joke about it but a few of those patents were blatantly copied. Not a big deal though...

 

[prontocuts.com]

this^

 

[Snowcase]

I would come up with a witty comment but I'm afraid I'd be sued by apple for some sort of trademark infringement.

 

[T-Holt]

This man speaks the truth

 

[theblackrod]

sadly thats how it is

 

[sk1er]

shit like this slows down technological progression. God damnit apple

 

[KarmaInitiative]

apple sucks dick, they were also in the news because someone found out that their group of poorly treated factory workers in asia included children

 

[FUUUCK]

I knew this would happen when the US patent office gave apple the multi touch patent

 

[Balto]

funny thing is, on the htc site, they are now hiring a patent consultant