It all depends on who is telling the story
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| Ridcully Dec 22, 2011 2:57 AM CST |
This article seems to indicate a major win for Apple. On the other hand, this article in the Groklaw news clips on the right hand side of the page, does not: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-21/htc-completed-worka... And PJ has added some very interesting notes to the effect that due to these court actions, Apple lost 9 patents and even the one that has been held up is being worked around virtually immediately. PJ's take is that things are going quite well. So who's right ? |
| rahulsundaram Dec 22, 2011 3:55 AM CST |
Both are right. Apple did win but won only one past. HTC did win because HTC invalidated the majority of the claim. |
| JaseP Dec 22, 2011 8:54 AM CST |
And, they still didn't litigate the validity of the patent ... There's prior art all over that patent, dating back to Borland's 1983 Sidekick software. |
| dinotrac Dec 22, 2011 10:00 AM CST |
Yup. Not a final disposition, except that htc finds it easier and cheaper to work around the single claim that was upheld. Certainly not a decision that would encourage Apple to tacle Google head-on. |
| caitlyn Dec 22, 2011 11:57 AM CST |
Off topic, but... Sidekick was a brilliant piece of software in its day. I hadn't thought about that one in a long time. Oh, and yeah, JaseP is right. It's almost certainly prior art that applies to this case. |
| JaseP Dec 22, 2011 3:08 PM CST |
I can't take credit for that rediscovery. Someone else brought it up in talk backs on another blog... |
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