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Apple sued over iPhone technology
Elliot Gottfurcht has filed a lawsuit against the Californian technology company with a Texan court. He claims that his company, EMG Technology, owns US Patent Number 7,441,196, which covers the way in which web pages will re-size themselves to fit the screen of a phone.
“The patent claims to cover the display of Internet content reformatted from HTML to XML on mobile devices – the industry standard currently displayed by the iPhone,” said EMG Technology in a statement.
EMG Technology filed its patent application in March 2006, and the patent was granted in October of this year. The company is seeking unspecified damages against Apple, which launched its first iPhone in June 2007.
“Web sites are just beginning to develop their mobile sister sites for fast and easy navigation,” said Stanley Gibson, EMG Technology’s legal adviser. “For example, to access NBC on a computer the URL is NBC.com. For the mobile site on the iPhone, the URL would be m.NBC.com. The ’196 patent covers the simplified interface of reformatted mobile content to provide optimum viewing and navigation with single touches on a small screen.”
Apple said it didn’t comment on pending litigation.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk
Edit: What do you think about this? I have a feeling this is a big song and dance about nothing because the US Patent is no longer allowing these sorts of patents. For Example, Amazon.com could no longer patent their One Click process. You can’t patent a process – so this case could be a complete and utter waste of time and money. Any patent attorneys or IP lawyers reading this? Your comments?
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How do we value our personal belongings like the common and fashionable gadgets? It is true people do not have satisfaction. Therefore, we are always attracted by the new products being sold in the market. According to the article Wal-Mart, who has been proactive in building a better consumer electronics buyers’ experience, is rumored to be offering the iPhone’s 4gig model for $99 by December 15th, giving shopper's time to buy before Christmas. Another rumor however, places the date at December 28th, after the Christmas holiday season, and instead of the 4gig model it is expected to be the 8gig model which will apparently be sold for $197. It’s not the kind of discount that you have come to expect from Wal-Mart, but some savings is better than no savings I guess. Apple obviously wants to take advantage of the daily foot traffic at each of Wal-Mart’s locations, but does not want to step on the toes of its other established retailers by undercutting them. Wal-Mart should profit well from the deal as well since it will help boost their consumer electronic sales which have not been what they would like them to be.