Apple being sued over I Phone web brousing technology.

Run_to_da_hills

This time its not their corporate name that is attacked but the technology that is used for we browsing in the I phone. 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. I wonder will this company try to sue other maanufacturers that have not paid royalties for this patent.? Apple refuses to comment on the matter.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/3518090/Apple-sued-over-iPhone-technology.html

asdasd

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,

reformatted to xml my ass. The patent office in the US needs to get smarter about patents. Hire some engineers. Not only is the format not changed to xml, not only does the iPhone not use "reformatted" html for most browsing, but there was plenty of prior art before this patent was granted.

Run_to_da_hills

Looks just like another case of one company trying to milk the fortunes on another. Apple records tried it once they saw Apple thrive with ITunes. Only in America, :rolleyes:

Oafley Jones

Nothing new here for Apple, just another days work for their legal department. The American patent system is a joke though, you can essentially patent an idea without real substance behind it. It helps if you're as vague as possible when describing the idea and that's also why you'll see so many poorly drawn illustrations accompanying them- the logic being that they can be applied to far more ideas in the case of a lawsuit.