Creative To Defend Interface Patent Rights

wild_berry writes "At the London Lauch of their new 'Zen Vision: M' portable media player, Creative Labs boss Sim Wong Hoo told the BBC that he plans to defend their August 2005 patent for interfaces in portable music devices." From the article: "Creative chairman Sim Wong Hoo told the BBC News website that the company was already talking to various parties about the patent but refused to be drawn on specifics. 'We will pursue all manufacturers that use the same navigation system,' said Mr Sim. 'This is something we will pursue aggressively. Hopefully this will be friendly, but people have to respect intellectual property.'"

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Hey CREATIVE!

[kimvette]

I have neither purchased nor sold any Creative Labs product ever since you dropped the ball on the SMP compatibility issue in your Live! drivers back in 1998/1999. You flat-out lied, denying the problem despite many folks on the newsgroup and mailing list reporting the exact same fix, and the exact same workaround (booting with the /OneCPU switch or apply CPU affinity hacks to the driver). You didn't acknowledge the issue until late 2001 or early 2002, but by then you alienated many of your higher-end customers. You know, people who actually buy your products.

Anyhow, I would like to mention that I will never, ever buy any one of your products and instead will continue to buy your competitors' products, and also offer your competitors' products to my customers. Why? Because you continue to be scumbags. A GUI is something which is OBVIOUS, there is PLENTY of prior art, and should NOT be patentable. I hope Apple and others countersue you into bankruptcy once your patent is invalidated.

In short: F*** YOU CREATIVE. Welcome to the ranks of SCO and Sony.