PATENT
WARS
What is a patent?
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a form of intellectual
property
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consists of exclusive right
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assigned to the inventor
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required one of more
claims defining the
invention
To prevent others from
making, selling, or distributing
the invention without
permission
What is the point?
Apple vs Android
Mobile
Steve Jobs' stated:
"I will spend my last dying
breath if I need to, and I will
spend every penny of Apple
$40 billion in the bank, to
right this wrong...
I'm going to destroy Android,
because it's a stolen product.
I'm willing to go thermonuclear
war on this ."
Apple vs HTC
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Sued HTC for 20 patents
infringement
Patent #7,362,331
: Time
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Based, Non
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Constant Translation Of User Interface Objects
Between States
Patent #7,479,949
: Touch Screen Device, Method, And Graphical User Interface For
Determining Commands By Applying Heuristics
Patent #7,657,849
: Unlocking A Device By Performing Gestures On An Unlock Image
Patent #7,469,381
: List Scrolling And Document Translation, Scaling, And Rotation
On A Touch
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Screen Display
Patent #5,920,726
: System And Method For Managing Power Conditions Within A
Digital Camera Device
Patent #7,633,076
: Automated Response To And Sensing Of User Activity In Portable
Devices
Patent #5,848,105
: GMSK Signal Processors For Improved Communications Capacity
And Quality
Patent #7,383,453
: Conserving Power By Reducing Voltage Supplied To An
Instruction
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Processing Portion Of A Processor
Patent #5,455,599
: Object
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Oriented Graphic System
Patent #6,424,354
: Object
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Oriented Event Notification System With Listener
Registration Of Both Interests And Methods
Patent #5,481,721
: Method for providing automatic and dynamic translation of
object oriented programming language
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based message passing into operation
system message passing using proxy objects
Patents
#5,519,867
and
#6,275,983
:
Object Oriented Multitasking
System
and
Object
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Oriented Operating System
Patent #5,566,337
: Method and apparatus for distributing events in an operating
system
Patent #5,929,852
: Encapsulated network entity reference of a network
component system
Patent 5,946,647
: System and method for performing an action on a structure in
computer
-
generated data
Patent #5,969,705
: Message protocol for controlling a user interface from an
inactive application program
Patent #6,343,263
: Real
-
time signal processing system for serially transmitted
data
Patent #5,915,131
: Method and apparatus for handling I/O requests utilizing
separate programming interfaces to access separate I/O service
Patent #RE39,486
: Extensible, replaceable network component system
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple
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vs
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htc
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a
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patent
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breakdown/
US International Trade
Commission ruled in favor of
Apple:
Patent 5,946,647
: System
and method for
performing an action on a
structure in computer
-
generated data
Who won?
Small victory for Apple
To Sum it Up
The
Consequences?
As a result, any
HTC phones with
this technology is
banned from
importing into US
starting April
19th, 2012
What's Apple Next Move?
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