So y'all just gonna ignore this patent Apple was awarded?

[FloorGeneral]

Apple patent: Touch UI patent could spell trouble for Android

Apple (AAPL) on Tuesday was granted 25 new patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but one patent in particular stands out among the rest. Patent No. 8,223,134 — or, the “mother of all smartphone software patents,” as Phandroid calls it — covers the graphical user interfaces Apple designed for blogging, email, telephone, camera, video player, calendar, browser, widgets, search, notes, maps and other multi-touch interfaces. As is clear from the scope of the patent, it could spell definitely spell trouble for Google’s Android partners.

Prior to Apple’s invention of the iPhone, most smartphones used physical keys and buttons to control various actions, and did not rely on advanced all-touch interfaces. Since 2007, however, the majority of smartphone vendors have followed in Apple’s footsteps and have employed all-touch graphical user interfaces that use a design similar to the one described in Apple’s newly awarded patent.

The Cupertino-based company has been involved in patent disputes with Samsung (005930), Motorola (GOOG), HTC (2498) and other companies over the past year, and it is likely we will see its latest patent come into play in the next round of litigation.

Newly granted Apple user interface patent could cause headaches for Android camp

Apple’s latest patent should give Google and its stable of Android device manufacturers reason to worry. Granted just today, the latest addition to the Cupertino-based tech giant’s stable of intellectual property could be the mother of all smartphone software patents, granting Apple rights to many aspects of touch-based user interfaces, including the display of documents, a camera roll, messaging, and email on mobile devices. The initial filings date back to as early as 2007.

The bad news for Android and its hardware partners is that this patent will likely become a stable of future patent infringement claims coming from Apple’s court. The effects could be swift and lethal, depending on how descriptions of user interface elements are leveraged. Apple continues to stand by their rights to legally protect and defend the innovations that have arisen alongside their flagship mobile devices, but the granting of such a broad patent could have the negative effect of stifling competition in the marketplace and limiting software advancements.

And the patent could reach its icy fingers into other realms, potentially creating a legal basis to go after the makers of apps and also opening up attacks on other smartphone platforms. We’ll see how quickly Apple acts on these latest rights, but when they do expect the legal battle to be more grueling than ever.

It seems that Android gets the most props around here, and the only stories that get attention are pro-Google or anti-Apple. Well, this is could obviously be trouble for Android phones going forward.

Of course, I fully expect to hear alot of Apple bashing going on about this, but y'all need to ask yourselves what would you do in the same situation.

 

[Golayitdown]

Business wise Apple is doing what is expected. Use what you have to cut off the competitors and gain the advantage. As a consumer who doesn't give a fukk about the bottom line for any of these companies, I hate this shyt. I just want the best product available. This could fukk the game up a lot.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

patents have always been where the money is at....im goog set but i cant knock the hustle

 

[Mook]

This is the dumbest shyt ever they're patenting the simplest shyt

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[Real]

Mark Cuban was talking abt this shyt on Shark Tank...not apple in particular, but just dumbass simple patents.

 

[HHR]

Mark Cuban was talking abt this shyt on Shark Tank...not apple in particular, but just dumbass simple patents.

Oddly enough, the company he was shytting on was co-founded by Wozniak



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[Real]

Tht is a crazy