Apple Sued Over iPhone Browser

SpuriousLogic writes "A Los Angeles real estate developer is suing Apple for patent infringement over the way the iPhone navigates Web sites. The suit, which was filed on behalf of EMG Technology, seeks unspecified damages. EMG Technology is a company that holds the patents of Elliot Gottfurcht, the real estate developer, as well as Marlo Longstreet and Grant Gottfurcht. The company claims that the iPhone infringes on patent 7,441,196 — a patent that was approved only last month, after a filing process that began on March 13, 2006. That patent is for an invention that displays 'on-line content reformatted from a webpage in a hypertext markup language (HTML) format into an extensible markup language (XML) format to generate a sister site.' This sister site is a simplified version of the original site that is then displayed on any number of devices — including cell phones, EMG says."

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Re:But... they sued the wrong company

[Achromatic1978]

Oh man, I love iPhone fanboys and their belief that the iPhone is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Hint: you might want to tell Nokia, and Microsoft(?). Nokia's N Series browsers use Webkit and have been around since pre iPhone times, happily rendering full web pages, likewise Pocket IE, I believe (though I may be wrong on the latter).

Another episode of Days of Our Patents

[earlymon]

Today's story is a huge plot twist in our continuing patent-troll soap opera:

The tiling mobile browser is the illegitimate love child of EMG and JMBM. It just now got a copy of its birth certificate but its conception is sure to be disputed.

(A few years ago, JMBM ran off with Dr. Michelson, to really get back at Michelson's former lover, Medtronics - but Michelson reconciled with Medtronics over the billion+ kongbucks from his collusion with JMBM. JMBM, feeling jilted but richer, found true love in the arms of EMG. Sources: see TFA and http://articles.latimes.com/2005/apr/23/business/fi-doctor23)

EMG, with its tawdry mini-skirt at the top of its thighs and panties at half-mast, revealed itself as transexual - and needed someplace to stick it. (Here's the plot twist...) Jealous that no one takes a real estate firm seriously as a technology solutions developer, EMG raged and is attempting rape of a technology solutions developer whose name was derived from a piece of real estate.

Next episode - thank your lucky stars that the tech firm wasn't from Southern California and didn't call themselves.... ORANGE!

(Guest appearance by Bender as EMG, all other roles played by Calculon.)