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What the Mobile Patent Fight Is All About

Posted by timothy on from the want-to-touch-you-here-and-here-and-here dept.

GMGruman writes "Nokia, Apple, and HTC are all suing each other over mobile patents. Google and Microsoft are also in the game. InfoWorld's Paul Krill explains what the fight is all about: control over multitouch, the technology that enables gesture interfaces on iPads, iPhones, and other smartphones. And he explains the chances that the companies will settle their dispute as they jockey for advantage, why Apple has been playing hardball, and why competitors are fighting back just as hard."

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  1. Patent Armageddon by kamaaina · · Score: 2, Funny

    So is this the start of Patent Armageddon we were told was coming.

    See Apple, Nokia, and HTC lob patent nukes at each other is pretty interesting. Need to start stockpiling my old POTS phones. Maybe the owner of tone dialing will get into the fray as well.

    I wonder if tapping out people's phone number via pulse dialing on my landline still works or did someone patent that too and is requesting royalties.

  2. Re:To promote the USEFUL arts by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

    control+alt+delete is a classic multitouch gesture.

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  3. Re:too much cool-aid by ettlz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Multitouch significantly increases the number of simple gestures that can be created.

    Does that include Flipping the Bird?

  4. Suieeee? by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nokia, Apple, and HTC are all suiing

    They've resorted to hog-calling?

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
  5. Re:To promote the USEFUL arts by kazade84 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think of a womans body... reacts very well under multiple touches.

    YMMV.

  6. Re:too much cool-aid by Flipao · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm sure there's an app for that.