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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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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    That is quite funny.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Karma is a bitch

    See title.

    1. Ian Michael Gumby
      Devil

      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.

  3. 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/

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    US Tech Industry ..

    It's sad watching the US Tech Industry destroy itself through endless mutual litigation.

    1. Neoc

      Re: US Tech Industry ..

      Unfortunately, the US Tech Industry seems hell-bent on dragging the rest of the world down with them.

    2. Shagbag

      Re: US Tech Industry ..

      Agreed, but at least it shows the rest of the world that software patents should be bannished, exiled and excommunicated from society.

      1. Wang N Staines

        Re: US Tech Industry ..

        Not if MS & IBM can help it. See how they manipulated the New Zealand ip laws.

      2. 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...

  5. JaitcH
    WTF?

    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.

  6. Matt Bradley
    WTF?

    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

  7. The Vociferous Time Waster
    Trollface

    I refer you...

    I refer you to the response given in Arkell v. Pressdram (1971).

  8. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    You can see why they're suing, had you heard of Ameranth before reading this article? nope, well you do now. It's a great way of getting publicity.

    1. chr0m4t1c

      Only if they don't go bust paying their lawyers first.

  9. mrfill
    Joke

    Tomorrow's headline..

    "Apple patents internet - sues all internet users for infringement"

    and the following day...

    "Apple disappears up own arse"

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