That is quite funny.
Apple slapped with patent lawsuit over iOS 6 Passbook app
Apple has been named in a patent lawsuit by a poker and restaurant software developer who claims that Cupertino has infringed upon four of its patents in the recently released iOS 6 Passbook app. The plaintiff, Ameranth, is self-described as "a leading provider of wireless and Internet based solutions for the hospitality/ …
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Tuesday 2nd October 2012 16:51 GMT Ian Michael Gumby
Re: Karma is a bitch
Yes, she is.
However I guess now we can expect to see more larger companies looking for patent reform.
Its really quite silly and the only ones making money are the law firms.
Can anyone show a software patent that holds water?
Sorry, but the courts erred on ever granting business process and software patents in the first place.
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Tuesday 2nd October 2012 03:22 GMT WatAWorld
Federal Circuit Appeals Court marks 30 years of spreading the "patent gospel."
The Reg is a far superior tech magazine, but there is one good article on this issue I found elsewhere, that people might like to checkout.
How a rogue appeals court wrecked the patent system
Federal Circuit Appeals Court marks 30 years of spreading the "patent gospel."
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/how-a-rogue-appeals-court-wrecked-the-patent-system/
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Tuesday 2nd October 2012 08:53 GMT Steve Crook
Re: US Tech Industry ..
What needs a good kicking are the standards for considering a piece of software patentable, plainly too many have been let through by people who seem to be woefully uneducated in software development or the IT industry in general. There's no reason that the patent system shouldn't work as well for software as it does for hardware, inventors and companies need some time to recoup the costs of genuine innovation.
Perhaps all software patents should be reviewed so that the more obvious clunkers can be slung out. If nothing else, it might make the patent troll a thing of the past...
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Tuesday 2nd October 2012 06:27 GMT JaitcH
Ameranth is Plain Wrong; Apple has ...
every right to copy everyone else's original work. It is their rason d'etre and started with the corporate name and logo. A corporate policy.
They also copied the material used in their travel menu patent but none of the Res systems, or airlines, from whom it was copies, objected.
Only Apple is allowed to sue for triple damages ... it says so.
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Tuesday 2nd October 2012 08:12 GMT Matt Bradley
Patent 6384850
So Ameranth have been granted a patent for the generation and display of a list of items and hierarchy of documents in a flowed fashion on a variety of devices a different screen resolutions? Seriously???
This has GOT to stop. This basically a description of the WWW. The only thing that makes this even remotely unique is the fact that their patent only applies to lists of food items. Insane