[ZT]Apple多点触摸专利不足以起诉竞争对手

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Apple多点触摸专利不足以起诉竞争对手

在Apple官方正式获得它使用在iPhone和iPod Touch上的多点触摸技术专利数天之后，Apple的代理CEO Tim Cook就提醒竞争对手，该公司将采用一切武器来保护这个知识产权。尽管他没有提出具体的对手名称，但是一些专家断定他的矛头就是指向Palm和它的Palm Pre。
据CNBC的Jim Goldman报道，无线电分析师Pablo Perez-Fernandez给出了详细的分析，来描述如果Apple下定决心和Palm打这场官司，会造成多大的损失和困难。
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& ^5 I. g6 L0 C& j- S" RPerez-Fernandez的报告称，如果Apple决定和Palm纠缠，他也应该将专利战争对准HTC，Garmin和RIM，因为他们多少都使用了一些“多点触摸”界面，特别是用手指收放来控制图像大小的技术。 他还称，美国专利与商标署批准Apple的这个专利或许就有些错误，因为它可能已经侵犯了特拉华州大学的一项专利。
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, W( `" v4 }# i" c9 g他补充道，Bell实验室和其他大学，公司和研究实验室已经研究出Apple已经注册专利的手势控制技术。他指出Apple也曾设法在微软发布Windows 7多点触摸特性之前占得先机，并注册多点触摸的商标，这是很荒谬的，因为它已经公开使用很长一段时间了。Apple没有合理的法律依据来稳住阵脚，如果它继续前进和对手打官司，可能会给自己造成不利。

hjj0529@cnbeta编译自Neowin

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http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/02/03/apples-multi-touch-patent-not-so-strong-to-sue-competitors
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0 Z) j3 D/ J: Q- lJust a few days after Apple officially secured a patent for its touchscreen technology used in iPhone and iPod touch, Apple's interim CEO Tim Cook warned its iPhone competitors that the company will use any and all weapons to keep its intellectual property from getting ripped off. Though the comment was not aimed specifically at anyone, many experts concluded that it was directed at Palm and its new upcoming Palm Pre.

. m4 ?1 _7 Q5 A: gJim Goldman, CNBC, reports that wireless analyst Pablo Perez-Fernandez of Global Crown Capital has given a
7 ]* F9 Q. l. Rdetailed note on how financially dangerous and difficult will it be for Apple if it decides to go after Palm.
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; p: O( R6 Q% k& e/ n6 c% r/ sPerez-Fernandez's report says that if Apple goes after Palm, it could also wage patent war against HTC, Garmin and Research in Motion since all of them use some form of the 'multi-touch' interface, specifically the 'pinching' motion to control images on the screen. He also added that US Patent Office may have erred in its awarding of the Apple patent which may be in violation of a patent already awarded to the University of Delaware. He also argues that the Bell Labs, and other universities, companies and research labs work with many of the same gestures that Apple has patented.
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) ?: I  F6 Q* Q1 ]' N  \9 Z+ bPerez-Fernandez points out that Apple also tries to pre-empt Microsoft's use of multi-touch in Windows 7 and to trademark multi-touch, which is ridiculous since the term has been used openly for a long time. Apple has no legal ground to stand on, and if were to move forward with any litigation based on this, it could prove more threatening to itself.

ursace

俺也正好看到了，偷偷地笑笑

james-zh

好消息阿好消息

橘子虫

为什么其他多点触摸的机子出来的时候苹果没有宣示专利，看来只有PRE让苹果感受到了威胁

WindInHisHair

好消息啊 ！！  好消息   

lrhei

希望palm能够突破技术壁垒，吐故纳新不断吸收新技术、不断发展。

starvj

呵呵，不错，是好消息

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原帖由 橘子虫 于 2009-2-5 12:12 发表
2 \. Q& m& S5 e; t为什么其他多点触摸的机子出来的时候苹果没有宣示专利，看来只有PRE让苹果感受到了威胁

是强大的威胁，所有这一切就看palm pre的表现了