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This makes me really miss Groklaw. For the first trial, Apple v. Samsung, we had regular reports with 1. Daily trial reports on testimony and motions
by WildUtah 13y ago
This makes me really miss Groklaw.
For the first trial, Apple v. Samsung, we had regular reports with
1. Daily trial reports on testimony and motions
2. Analysis of the patents involved
3. Descriptions of the legal issues involved and which were in dispute
4. History on the companies and technology involved
But in current stories, like this better than average one from Reuters, we don't even hear about the patents involved, not their numbers, not their titles or short descriptions, and not even the total number of patents involved. We don't have a history of the litigation, the likely effects on the industry in the future, the workarounds, the simultaneous appeals before the Board of Appeals at the PTO, the issues left for appeal, the history of the judge or even her name, or any kind of context that would help us understand.
Our news source for the original Apple v. Samsung was great, but Apple ][ is like a black hole of information. The upcoming Apple /// will likely be the same unless there is some kind of new Groklaw someday.
- sinaa 13y agoThis seems to be a list: - 5,946,647: System and method for performing an action on a structure in computer-generated data - 8,046,721: Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image (slide to unlock) - 6,847,959: universal search - 8,074,172: Method, system, and graphical user interface for providing word recommendations (word recommendation/autocomplete) - 7,761,414: Background sync More details here: http://www.fosspatents.com/2014/05/apple-wins-119-million-in-patent.html http://www.fosspatents.com/2014/05/apple-wins-119-million-in...
- nolok 13y agoI know patents are often much more detailed and precise than what their titles may sound like, but that is one crappy list of patents. "universal search", "background sync", beeeuah.
- malandrew 13y agoI sometimes wonder if naming patterns in an intentionally vague way is a strategy to hide them in plain site. There should be some rule that titles should be sufficiently specific.
- nitrogen 13y agoOut of curiosity, do you use speech to text to compose your HN posts? I'm wondering how "patent" became "pattern" in your first sentence.
- malandrew 13y agoNo. Either my brain moves faster than my hands or I have something else on my mind while typing and I type another similar word by accident. Don't really know. TBH this only started happening in my writing after I lived abroad for four years and was speaking English infrequently. Even now that I'm back in the US speaking English all the time it happens. I occasionally do it in speech as well.