Filed under: iPod Family, iTS, Software, iTunes, Apple
Patent infringement lawsuit hits Apple
In a move that
screams 'I was waiting for the right time to mention it,' Burst.com yesterday filed a patent counterclaims lawsuit
against Apple Computer, claiming that their iTunes, iTMS, iPod and QuickTime Streaming infringe on four of their
patents.It appears that this time around Apple actually fired first. Earlier this year, Apple asked the courts to render Burst's patents invalid, which sparked this counterclaim they filed yesterday. Burst has stated that they had hoped to avoid the courts and negotiate a "reasonable license fee," but it seems that a court is exactly where these two companies will need to settle the dispute.
Check out Macworld's article if you're interested in more details surrounding the case.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
guev said 10:45AM on 4-18-2006
BTW:
There is a new iPod commercial out:
http://www.mustseeblog.com/?p=92
Not sure, if it's old ...
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KG said 11:29AM on 4-18-2006
I saw that during 24 last night; can't belive it aired on nat'l TV! Then again, it's Fox...
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HS said 12:04PM on 4-18-2006
lol Funny.
To the point though, I don't think patents is working exactly how they're supposed to..
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Bj? said 12:46PM on 4-18-2006
Patent on ideas. Strange.
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fantasy fan said 4:53PM on 4-18-2006
Yeah, I think the patent war is only going to continue to get worse at this point. The internet and the newest technologies are going to make it ridiculously difficult to keep an idea as your own, and to make money on it.
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