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Laughing Man is offline Laughing Man
2009-11-20 , 15:40
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#151
Originally Posted by eiffel View Post
Leverage for patent cross-licensing so that Nokia can use multi-touch in Maemo 6, presumably.

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Eh, Apple's multi-touch patent is so questionable that any company that can afford a litigation battle can blow it away (Google, Microsoft, Nokia, RIM, etc..) if it came down to it.
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They're maemo and MeeGo...

"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
 
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#152
Originally Posted by Rauha View Post
Apple uses its manufacturer as middleman (Foxconn). Foxconn pays the license fee to Qualcomm using the price it uses to charge Apple. Apple then buys iPhone from Foxconn and sells it at full price.
Nokia did the same while it was warring with Qualcomm over royalties.
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2009-11-20 , 15:54
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#153
Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Nokia did the same while it was warring with Qualcomm over royalties.
DId Nokia patent that idea? Cause for next court case.

Method for avoiding Qualcomm license fees.
U.S. Patent 5960411
 

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#154
Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Eh, Apple's multi-touch patent is so questionable that any company that can afford a litigation battle can blow it away
Hey, this is Nokia who would probably have paid royalties for Ogg if they could have found a way to do so.
 

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2009-11-20 , 17:08
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#155
Originally Posted by Rauha View Post
DId Nokia patent that idea? Cause for next court case.

Method for avoiding Qualcomm license fees.
U.S. Patent 5960411
FYI, ideas are not patentable (at least under US law).
 
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2009-11-20 , 17:11
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#156
Though for a while it looked like ideas would be patentable.
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They're maemo and MeeGo...

"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
 
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#157
Originally Posted by MountainX View Post
FYI, ideas are not patentable (at least under US law).
Yes.

Well I wasn't 100% or even 1% serious when I posted that.
 
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2009-11-22 , 05:55
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Originally Posted by MountainX View Post
FYI, ideas are not patentable (at least under US law).
They are if you can figure out a way to call it a "business method."
 
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#159
Originally Posted by wierdo View Post
They are if you can figure out a way to call it a "business method."
What's the latest on those? Last I heard, business method patents were going to be invalidated (or no longer issued... or something like that).
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2009-11-22 , 06:21
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Originally Posted by MountainX View Post
What's the latest on those? Last I heard, business method patents were going to be invalidated (or no longer issued... or something like that).
At the present time, some business method patents are valid. We'll know for sure whenever the Supreme Court gets around to releasing its opinion on Bilski.
 
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