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Apple sued HTC over the features in the OS it was using, it was simply the first player to use Android. iOS had a ton of great ideas that simply weren't availab

by dep_b 8y ago

Apple sued HTC over the features in the OS it was using, it was simply the first player to use Android. iOS had a ton of great ideas that simply weren't available in the older version of Android or any other mobile OS until that time. It was never about rounded rectangles. The lawsuit was settled at a point in time HTC was struggling to survive at all and it's still bleeding money. And yes you can select facts and build a biased story around that, no doubt.

tooltalk 8y ago
If you are implying that Apple sued HTC for utility patents alone, you are definitely wrong there. Further contrary to your claims, the originality wasn't what iOS was going for. One main reason Apple's patents never gained traction beyond their hometown is because of prior arts -- meaning most of Apple's designs/utility claims were "thrown out" on the ground that there were already invented or readily available in other phones. What iOS did differently was their different implementation and integration, but nothing beyond 'non-obviousness" to warrant a exclusive right. Further, this design case is precisely about rounded corners with a circular button in the middle. HTC was still the king of smartphones in those day, albeit slowly dwindling market share, and but what stopped Apple's abuse was HTC's newly acquired LTE patents. Apple decided to settle only when ITC ALJ warned that Apple'd better have really convincing argument that those patents were invalid, or would have to face import ban. Your revisionism isn't really that funny.
- dep_b 8y ago
  https://techcrunch.com/2010/03/02/the-complaint-apples-patent-lawsuit-against-htc-is-all-about-android/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/03/02/the-complaint-apples-paten... I see a fair list of patents mentioned here. Most of them are about software some of them are about sensors and other hardware. No rounded corners. If these patents have prior art or not wasn't the discussion.

by dep_b 8y ago

tooltalk 8y ago

If you are implying that Apple sued HTC for utility patents alone, you are definitely wrong there. Further contrary to your claims, the originality wasn't what iOS was going for. One main reason Apple's patents never gained traction beyond their hometown is because of prior arts -- meaning most of Apple's designs/utility claims were "thrown out" on the ground that there were already invented or readily available in other phones. What iOS did differently was their different implementation and integration, but nothing beyond 'non-obviousness" to warrant a exclusive right. Further, this design case is precisely about rounded corners with a circular button in the middle. HTC was still the king of smartphones in those day, albeit slowly dwindling market share, and but what stopped Apple's abuse was HTC's newly acquired LTE patents. Apple decided to settle only when ITC ALJ warned that Apple'd better have really convincing argument that those patents were invalid, or would have to face import ban. Your revisionism isn't really that funny.

dep_b 8y ago
https://techcrunch.com/2010/03/02/the-complaint-apples-patent-lawsuit-against-htc-is-all-about-android/ https://techcrunch.com/2010/03/02/the-complaint-apples-paten... I see a fair list of patents mentioned here. Most of them are about software some of them are about sensors and other hardware. No rounded corners. If these patents have prior art or not wasn't the discussion.