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Apple Patents Using Apps During Calls

Posted by Soulskill on from the that-sounds-a-great-idea dept.

bizwriter writes "Apple has had quite a week in patents for the iPhone, and it's only Tuesday. First was the victory at the International Trade Commission over HTC. And now there's a shiny new patent on switching to an app during a live phone call (#8,082,523). There may be non-infringing ways of doing something similar, but they probably will be clumsy in comparison."

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  1. Intervention by Totenglocke · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think it's looking like the government needs to intervene and disband Apple as a matter of public interest. If Apple is allowed to proceed, society will be severely harmed because no one will be able to produce anything, do anything, or think anything without violating at least half a dozen of Apple's bogus 'patents'.

    What's that? You want to talk while making a phone call? Sorry, Apple patented that - that'll be $100 per call in royalties to Apple or you'll be sued for $750 billion dollars. Breathing while making a phone call will only cost $50 per call....

    --
    "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~Thomas Jefferson
  2. bit3H by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    lead to 'cleaner with the number nbring your own Raymond in his

  3. Apple is just plain evil - worse than Microsoft by walterbyrd · · Score: 1, Troll

    Apple deserves no good will from anybody.

    But the freakish cult of Apple zealots will defend Apple anyway.