MirrorWorlds Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Court upholds Apple victory in Cover Flow, Spotlight, Time Machine patents

by Mike Schramm (Sep 5th, 2012)

An appeals court in Washington has upheld a recent Apple victory on a number of different patents for features in the OS X operating system, including things like Cover Flow, Spotlight search and Time Machine. A company called Mirror Worlds is trying to get a judgment that Apple infringed on ...

Apple wins appeal in Time Machine, Cover Flow patent ruling

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 5th, 2011)

US District Judge Leonard Davis threw out a US$625.5 million patent infringement verdict against Apple involving its Cover Flow, Time Machine and Spotlight technology for the Mac. In 2008, Mirror Worlds filed a patent infringement lawsuit accusing Apple of infringing on four of the company's ...