http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/ Engadget Comments for HTC responds to Apple's patent lawsuit, will 'fully defend itself' 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/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/

Apple, time to learn from google! "Don't be evil!"]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
I would just LOVE to see some patents revoked due to prior art or fear of causing stagnation in mobile development. LOL.]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
this is better than most drama on TV! my conscious on the left shoulder says HTC should prevail. BUT, the devilish right shoulder cheers for Apple to destroy HTC, bankrupt it in the process, and maybe even acquire the company to do it's manufacturing bidding for the next decade. now THAT would be the story you can Google about!!]]>Mar 18th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/ I WANT TO SEE THE IPAD PAD BE A FLOP. I HOPE ALL THE ORDERS THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE GET RETURNED BECAUSE THE CUSTOMERS HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY JUST BOUGHT A OVER PRICED E-BOOK READER.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT JOBS THOUGH. I BET THAT MAN COULD TAKE A DUMP AND SLAP A APPLE LOGO ON IT AND THE FANBOYS WOULD BE IN LINE JUST TO HOLD IT. ]]>Mar 18th 2010 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/We are mad at Apple right now because they are being stupid and douchy. That doesn't make us Apple haters like you. So please, GTFO and STFU.]]>Mar 18th 2010 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
Apple will shortly release its version of the Bible (called iBelieve) wherein Apple actually invents the tree from which Eve got her first Apple. All was made by Steve the creator.

GO HTC.]]>Mar 18th 2010 4:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Apple hating is fun and is good for you. CrApple is such an easy target. Their products are all underfunctioned and overpriced. Their hype is massive and they go around with such a self-rightous demeanor, thnking that they are the one true way.

The truth is that they are the eveil empire and they, imo, steal whatever they can from others. Even their OS is a freebie from UNIX.]]>Mar 18th 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Hasn't anyone started a Facebook protest group in support for HTC yet, like the whole Rage against the Machine campaign.
That would be awesome ]]>Mar 18th 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Fascism is right!]]>Mar 18th 2010 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
/s

that said, i'm just thinking that apple, in working with really only one design has potentially limited themselves to having to stick with that design. if they try to move away from the iphone look/style, chances are, someone will have already done it.]]>Mar 18th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/I guess it's time to change my facebook status from "I'm with Coco" to "I'm with HTC"]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
Contrast that to MS's windows mobile platform that deals with all kinds of oddball screen resolutions and orientations.

Im still scratching my head on how apps designed for the ipad's resolution will be able to scale down to the iphone's resolution, your either going to be panning around, or all the buttons and text are going to be so small and unusable without having a tiny poker "aka stylus" that apple seems to be so against. Scaling up from the iphone will be no problem other than the screen real estate being wasted by buttons big enough to push with a balled up fist.]]>Mar 18th 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://bit.ly/apple-v-htc-debacle]]>Mar 20th 2010 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/I continue the WAVE
........H! T! C!...H! T! C!....(WAVE)....H! T! C!...H! T! C!....
LOL]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://pw0nd.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/combobreaker-500x781.jpg]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
A yes, the Chant of Apple haters and pirates..]]>Mar 18th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
here you go all of it one comment..... H! T! C!...H! T! C!....(WAVE)....H! T! C!...H! T! C!...........H! T! C!...H! T! C!....(WAVE)....H! T! C!...H! T! C!............H! T! C!...H! T! C!....(WAVE)....H! T! C!...H! T! C!......H-T-C...H-T-C...H-T-C...H-T-C... (wwaaaAAAAAAVVvvvee)...H-T-C...H-T-C...H-T-C...H-T-C...H-T-C...H-T-C...

and please nobody follow anymore, we all love HTC and it's proven]]>Mar 18th 2010 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
H! T! C!...H! T! C!....(WAVE)....H! T! C!...H! T! C!....
H! T! C!...H! T! C!....(WAVE)....H! T! C!...H! T! C!....]]>Mar 18th 2010 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
Id rather be a pirate than a fruit. ]]>Mar 18th 2010 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Prior art! Patents are not art, art is copyright! Totally different Intellectual Properties that are governed differently.
]]>Mar 18th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
You fail]]>Mar 18th 2010 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
It would be great for HTC, Google, and the future of smartphones]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Prior art! Patents are not art, art is copyright! Totally different Intellectual Properties that are governed differently. ]]>Mar 18th 2010 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Patents are granted on first to idea/market merit and implementation. Prior to the iPhone, no handset manufacturer had multitouch. Yes, it did exist in experiments and there are patents out there from companies other than Apple. But patents are given based on product categories. Apple was First to file patents on Multitouch on smartphones. Do you remember what the cell phone options were before the iPhone came along?]]>Mar 18th 2010 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
Of course they don't remember, all they care about is the flavor of the week. Like when Winmo 7 was announced they were all ready to drop Android.. They hate the fact that the underdog (Apple) is winning, they fail to even acknowledge the fact that they would still be running around on their palm treo's (great phone 5 years ago). None of them would have Chrome, Web OS or Winmo 7 (as it is now).

As far as multi touch "pinch to zoom" goes their are several alternatives,

1- Scroll wheel on the side of the device.
2- the zoom bar at the bottom of the tilt 2
3- a spiral motion on the screen, clockwise zooms in counter clockwise zooms out

wow I have just proven that HTC doesn't HAVE TO rip off Apples patents in order to zoom in on Google Maps ]]>Mar 18th 2010 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Option of having MMS and multitasking? Oh shoot sorry, those are apple "improvements" on other "lesser" phones. Damn would I trade my mms for some slick unlock sliders! -.- ]]>Mar 18th 2010 2:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
More importantly with this is that "prior art" does matter with patent law. In patent law, the term "prior art" does not refer to pretty pictures. It refers to prior public descriptions of the "invention" in question. Regarding multi-touch, Wayne Westerman's 1999 PhD dissertation is the prior art. Anyone is free to implement anything that is described in that paper. Now, had he or the university filed for a patent on the contents _before_ submitting the thesis, we would have a different situation. It does not matter that Westerman is now at Apple via FingerWorks. He published the paper before filing the patent. End of story.

Having worked at a medical device company where patents were very important - as well as publishing methods in academic journals - any time we were going to publish a paper, we would go through it carefully and make sure that any patentable ideas were filed before publication.

I'm actually surprised that the University that Westerman was at didn't review and file. Many Universities have fairly aggressive patent teams that review submissions for potential patents. ]]>Mar 18th 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/
*runs to purchase high dollar popcorn and soda*]]>Mar 18th 2010 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/htc-responds-to-apples-patent-lawsuit-will-fully-defend-itsel/Mar 18th 2010 12:12AM