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Annorax

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MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« on: 15 August 2005, 03:32 »
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article305638.ece

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Apple Computer may be forced to pay royalties to Microsoft for every iPod it sells after it emerged that Bill Gates's software giant beat Steve Jobs' firm in the race to file a crucial patent on technology used in the popular portable music players. The total bill could run into hundreds of millions of dollars.

Although Apple introduced the iPod in November 2001, it did not file a provisional patent application until July 2002, and a full application was filed only in October that year.

In the meantime, Microsoft submitted an application in May 2002 to patent some key elements of music players, including song menu software.


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The dispute, which emerged this week on the closely watched website, Appleinsider.com, could lead to Apple having to pay a licence fee for the technology of up to $10 a machine.

David Kaefer, Microsoft's director of intellectual property licensing and business development, said: "In general, our policy is to allow others to license our patents so they can use our innovative methods in their products."


OUR innovative methods? It's obvious that Apple created and RELEASED the now-MS-patented iPod software before MS filed for the patent. That guy is INSANE....
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #1 on: 15 August 2005, 03:49 »
An insane guy who wants money.
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #2 on: 15 August 2005, 03:58 »
Why the hell did MS get this patent when there clearly was prior art???

This is complete bull#$%^!

The whole patent system is completely #$$@&ed up in this country.
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #3 on: 15 August 2005, 04:07 »
WHAT!?!?!?!?

How is that even possible!?
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #4 on: 15 August 2005, 04:27 »
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WHAT!?!?!?!?

How is that even possible!?

Wait for an innovative solution to come out, see if it's patented right away, if not patent it yourself.  It's called retroactive patenting, and I'm pretty sure it's a federal crime.  Bah, what do I know?
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #5 on: 15 August 2005, 04:49 »
This is just one more example of what I refer to as "de facto" crimes committed by BillySoft.
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #6 on: 15 August 2005, 05:24 »
hopefully, this is a hoax.
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #7 on: 15 August 2005, 06:04 »
i need the exact location of the US patent office and a nuke. , mbut seriously apple tries to patent it and they cant so than MS tries to patent something apple made and it goes through. WAY TO SCREWED UP
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #8 on: 15 August 2005, 11:05 »
Im going to patent the bash prompt and make GNU LUSERS PAY.

Fuck, thats awesome. Im moving to America!
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #9 on: 15 August 2005, 13:49 »
:D

You can patent pretty much anything these days. ;)
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #10 on: 16 August 2005, 12:05 »
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:D

You can patent pretty much anything these days. ;)

Especially if your father is one of America's most powerful and corrupt lawyers. And let's not forget that Bill Gates  even claimed the word "Windows" for his own. How the Hell he did he pull that one off? It's a generic word to begin with, and, as I understand it, it had become a fairly common term in high-tech circles.

I still think that name could and should be challenged in court. And remember that legal spat Bill Gates had with that kid in British Columbia over the domain name http://www.mikerowe.com, or something like that?

Actually, I suspect that was all a public relations stunt, a little conspiracy hatched by Gates & Co., who recruited Rowe to play the part of the victim. But that's another story...
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #11 on: 16 August 2005, 19:02 »
DavidB - I remember that stupid publicity stunt - it was just some kid with a rich dad who made is own website.
boo hoo!
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #12 on: 17 August 2005, 03:16 »
That really does suck, and I thougt it was genuine... :rolleyes:
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #13 on: 20 August 2005, 00:47 »
Microsoft deserves to get back every penny those rip-offs Apple stole from them over the last 20 years,
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Re: MS forces Apple to pay royalties for iPod OS
« Reply #14 on: 20 August 2005, 01:25 »
please say you are being sarcastic
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