Re: HTC already has work-around

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RonB wrote:

> That's the problem with using trivial and obvious patents that should have
> never been granted in the first place.
>
> ~~
> HTC responds to ITC ruling, says it has a solution ready to address Apple
> patent violations
>
> HTC on Monday responded to a ruling from the United States International
> Trade Commission that will ban the import of several HTC devices beginning
> April 19th, 2012. “We are gratified that the commission affirmed the
> judge’s determination on the ‘721 and ‘983 patents, and reversed its
> decision on the ‘263 patent and partially on the ‘647 patent,” HTC said in
> a statement sent to BGR via email. “We are very pleased with the
> determination and we respect it. However, the ‘647 patent is a small UI
> experience and HTC will completely remove it from all of our phones soon.”
> Monday’s ruling follows the ITC’s initial decision on July 16th that found
> HTC guilty of violating two Apple-owned patents. It is not immediately
> clear when HTC will implement the required changes, though it appears from
> the language in the vendor’s statement that it will be able to push
> updates out soon enough to circumvent the ITC’s ban.


Appol is a patent troll company with its stupid team that only know
how to loose and loose again.

Companies that attack Linux and android should never be supported
by open source developers. Its loosing money for retailers and its
time retailers and open source developers stood up to patent trolls
like Appol and its patent trolling crap.


> ~~
> http://tinyurl.com/bslgvgd
>
> Ah well, nice try Apple. Even though it was a pretty weak "victory" to
> begin with, it looks like you've already been circumvented.
>
> I think Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols' commentary is the most apt on this
> Apple patent extortion bullshit:
>
> ~~
> So, if HTC is right, the company is one firmware release away from being
> able to continue to sell its Android phones in the U.S. past April. Until,
> of course, Apple sues them on whatever new method they use to implement
> this popular feature.
>
> In the meantime, as a developer friend of mine said, “All of this horse-
> shit just wastes tons of developer time.” Well that and its raises the
> prices of all mobile devices as all the vendors continue to spend hundreds
> of millions in intellectual property lawsuits around the world.
> ~~
> http://tinyurl.com/8yqqtrj
>
> It looks like Apple is well on their way to wasting the fortune they
> ripped off from gullible Apple Logo Cultists -- just as their "god" Jobs
> said they were willing to do to battle Android. Too bad they don't use
> some of that money to fix their battery issues.
>