British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
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Re: British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
#2What exactly is in the patent? A broad description of iTunes’ functions or what? The article doesn’t mention.
Re: British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
#3What exactly is in the patent? A broad description of iTunes’ functions or what? The article doesn’t mention.
This article [1] I found from 2017 goes into a tiny bit more detail:
Smartflash was founded in 2000 by inventor Patrick Racz, who obtained several patents on a system for storing data like songs, videos and games and accessing that data through electronic payments systems. Racz was unable to commercialize the technology and Smartflash sells no products of its own.
And then on the connection with Apple:
Smartflash’s complaint alleged that Racz has discussed his ideas in 2000 with a technologist who later became a senior director at Apple.
The Guardian however states:
But in the fallout from 9/11 and the dotcom crash, Spears and Gemplus pulled out, and Racz says in court that Gemplus – also a partner to Apple – then claimed the product as its own.
Re: British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
#4A detailed overview of the allegedly infringed upon patents can be found at http://patentlyo.com/media/2015/02/6-13-cv-00447-JRG-KNM-423...
And then to view the patents themselves, Google has a pretty good site where you can enter US patent numbers, like https://patents.google.com/patent/US7334720B2/en
Re: British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
#5By virtue of filing in Tyler Texas makes you a patent troll in my eyes.
Re: British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
#6What exactly is in the patent? A broad description of iTunes’ functions or what? The article doesn’t mention.
Actually a very detailed description, including the depiction of an iPod as the device, of iTunes / what later became the App Store.
Re: British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
#7What exactly is in the patent? A broad description of iTunes’ functions or what? The article doesn’t mention.
This article [1] I found from 2017 goes into a tiny bit more detail: Smartflash was founded in 2000 by inventor Patrick Racz, who obtained several patents on a system for storing data like songs, videos and games and accessing that data through electronic payments systems. Racz was unable to commercialize the technology and Smartflash sells no products of its own. And then on the connection with Apple: Smartflash’s c…
Spears here is Britney Spears, who signed up as brand ambassador.
Re: British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
#8By virtue of filing in Tyler Texas makes you a patent troll in my eyes.
I feel icky just having been dragged there once as a child.
Re: British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
#9>”I lost everything. I had young children. I was embarrassed”
Are you trying to feel that way again?
Re: British inventor seeks to take $18B bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
#10Why does The Guardian insist on putting Betsy Reed‘s emotionless face on every American article?