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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. Re:To promote the USEFUL arts by Eskarel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There is a slight difference between an idea being new and the implementation being new.

    Just because Star Trek has used it for years wouldn't make the invention of a real transporter any less patentable, knowing that a transporter would be cool isn't the same thing as knowing how to do it.