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Apple Patents Wireless Charging
GabriellaKat writes "Via El Reg: 'Apple is trying to patent wireless charging, claiming its magnetic resonance tech is new and that it can do it better than anyone else. This would be cool if its assertions were true. Apple's application, numbered 20120303980, makes much of its ability to charge a device over the air at a distance of up to a meter, rather than requiring close proximity. The Alliance For Wireless Power, which also touts long-range juicing, will no doubt be comparing Apple's designs to its own blueprints.'"
The problem is that Apple is a patent troll, meaning they will use their legitimate and illegitimate patents alike to batter competitors over the head with. If Apple gets this patent it will create a chilling effect on the tech industry, where any innovator will have to consider the cost of defending themselves against Apple's basically infinite legal resources.
We need a new rule that once you become a patent troll all your patents become invalid and you don't get to play any more.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
"I skimmed through the patent text, can't tell what is new and what is old."
Clearly you're not someone who should be evaulating patents.
"...please com back and let me know exactly..."
No. YOU come back and let US know exactly. YOU chose to post here. If you have nothing new to add other than you're lazy, unqualified, and unable to evaluate the talent, you're surely not going to elicit everyone else doing the work to "come back to you" and "give you" the results.
Troll elsewhere. When you have something to contribute y'all come on back here.
Ehud
Tucson AZ US