http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/ Engadget Comments for Apple facing patent lawsuit over iPhone keyboard http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
These onscreen keyboards have been on Windows Mobile for years. I had one on my Dell Axim X5 back in the day.]]>Aug 6th 2007 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 7th 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
Please, if I am misunderstanding this part, do explain it to me.]]>Aug 6th 2007 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
"A still further feature of the present invention is the provision of an input area which may not be removed by the user."

So this doesn't apply to Apple's iPhone since users can remove the keyboard via "cancel" button.

This'll be thrown away by court in a flash.]]>Aug 7th 2007 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
One of the things that comes from depending on hardware vendors to do it right. ]]>Aug 6th 2007 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
Time to fix our infrastructure. The real reason bridges collapse is because too many patent trolls live under them... ]]>Aug 6th 2007 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
(obviously joking, but this is where technology is going)]]>Aug 6th 2007 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
FCC patents are useless.]]>Aug 6th 2007 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
And it's time for congress to fix the patent system, I think they are on it already: If two independent experts state that a patent is obvious then it is, and it's a goner.

It costs $5000 to file a patent == nothing in a company budget, even the most ridiculous patents get granted, and it's incredibly hard to defend against a patent lawsuit - hence all the trolls. Time to send them back to their caves.]]>Aug 6th 2007 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
I think I'll sue apple as well.]]>Aug 6th 2007 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 6th 2007 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/
I CAN HAS ROYALTEEZ?]]>Aug 7th 2007 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/INFRINGING UR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY]]>Aug 7th 2007 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/]]>Aug 7th 2007 3:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 7th 2007 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/apple-facing-patent-lawsuit-over-iphone-keyboard/Aug 7th 2007 10:04AM