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Apple Sues Burst.com in iTunes Patent Dispute

Posted by Zonk on from the you-with-the-patents-stick-em-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Burst.com, a patent holder of many patents covering streaming video and time-shifting of video, has been sued by Apple after license negotiations broke down. Apple is asking the court to invalidate Burst.com's patents. Burst.com is the same company that successfully sued Microsoft over patent infringements. Many comparisons will likely be made of NTP and Burst.com, but Burst.com actually has useful technology, has owned the patents for over a decade, and most importantly, actually had highly regarded products that made use of the patents."

2 of 146 comments (clear)

  1. Re:That's as may be... by dunng808 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is the USPTO in the Executive branch, under the President? If so, nothing will change until we flush away all of the Bushies. If our Gang of Geeks can bring a web server to its knees, we ought to be able to have an impact in an election. Make the USPTO mess an issue.

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    Gary Dunn
    Open Slate Project

  2. Re:Burst.com by strider44 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Do you like Apple as a computer/operating systems/music box manufacturer or as a legal entity. I don't mind Apple as a computer/operating systems/music box manufacturer but I hate Apple as a legal entity. It's not that long ago that they sued their own fans for discovering "trade secrets", and it's also not that long ago that they started sueing CSIRO, a non profit pure science organisation, trying to invalidate a few of their patents relating to wireless networking.

    I say fuck Apple, go Burst.com (though I admit, that's my first impression and I haven't read the article!)