Burst.com Sues Apple Over Patent Infringement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday April 17, 2006 @05:34PM from the never-saw-it-coming dept.

AWhiteFlame writes "Techdirt is reporting that Burst.com has filed a lawsuit against Apple for Patent Infringement. From the article, 'Burst.com is known for having patented a method for moving large pieces of content online at faster speeds [...] Last year, they approached Apple, suggesting that the company pay it 2% of iTunes' revenue. Apple then went on the offensive in January, proactively asking a judge to either invalidate Burst's patents or declare that Apple wasn't infringing. Just to make the litigation circle complete, after a few months of trying to reach a middle settlement ground, Burst has now gone ahead and sued Apple on its own.'"

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I wish I had a patent on Bullshit by ThatsNotFunny · 2006-04-17 17:42 · Score: 5, Funny

because I'd be a bajillionaire.

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Re:summary by nacturation · 2006-04-17 18:25 · Score: 5, Funny

The sad part is that Burst has already one once against Microsoft

Maybe this time they'll get to two twice.

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