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eldavojohn writes "Guess who owns the patent on the touch-screen keyboard. Not Apple — SP Technologies has filed a suit based on just that. Ars brings out the intriguing detail that the founder of the patent troll company is serving prison time for health-care fraud." Read on for four more patent developments in the day's news.
Today the news broke that Aloft is suing Microsoft and Adobe for deliberately violating the patent entitled 'Network Browser Window with Adjacent Identifier Selector.' Qualcomm had a bad day as the US Trade Representative advised the President not to intervene in the patent beef it is losing against Broadcom. Today we found out Sharp is suing Samsung for an LCD infringement. Ending an eventful day on a note of sanity, a judge today threw out the jury verdict on Alcatel-Lucent vs. Microsoft and Microsoft no longer has to pony up $1.5 billion.
Today the news broke that Aloft is suing Microsoft and Adobe for deliberately violating the patent entitled 'Network Browser Window with Adjacent Identifier Selector.' Qualcomm had a bad day as the US Trade Representative advised the President not to intervene in the patent beef it is losing against Broadcom. Today we found out Sharp is suing Samsung for an LCD infringement. Ending an eventful day on a note of sanity, a judge today threw out the jury verdict on Alcatel-Lucent vs. Microsoft and Microsoft no longer has to pony up $1.5 billion.
The patent isnt 11 years old and doesn't cover touchscreen keyboards. it covers touchscreen keyboards which can't be minimized. This is a serious infringement and I hope the judge throws the book....at somebody.
they got an injuction against apple. Everyone would have to download an update that would remove the keyboard. No more "I'm posting this from my iphone posts."
Not really a loss. Maybe they could bring back the thumb keyboards.
You are utterly wrong. Touch screens are obviously hardware. Keyboards are too. This software patent rubbish you spout is invalid. This patent is as solid as the 45 network plug patents, if not more so. Do you realise that without software patents nobody would be able to defend their work using the expertise and diligence of ever patient, kind, humble and scrupulous lawyers?
I do admit that they are attributes. That's all I admit. I will not question that those are attributes, no doubt they are. And fine attributes, they are. I think we can agree that those are attributes anyone should be proud of.
What was the question again?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
I represent the American Safety Razor Company and am writing to inform you that you are being sued for the infringement of our product "Burma Shave". You should be receiving a packet of information shortly on where to send the $2,098,720,923US in compensation that our legal team has determined to be the current damages.
Thank you,
Lowell Dewey
Dewey, Cheatum & Howe
Attorneys at Law
1 Ripoff Lane
Scumville, DC 12345
And the lawyers from the "Car Talk" radio show will be in touch with you shortly to discuss your unauthorized use of their trademark. The Dewey, Cheatem & Howe offices are in Cambridge Massachusetts, not DC.