Android on the spot: Apple gets the "mother" of patents

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Thursday, 19 July 2012 02:04

Androids, now you have to do worry ... or at least there is more evidence to be pregnant: Apple just got their best weapon in the form of patent. One that encompasses many aspects of tactile interfaces. If usasen, Steve's desire fulfilled:   carry a nuclear war against Android.

Apple Interface Patent

The patent is so broad that it would not surprise me that Endorse on each and every one of the demands to open from now on from any manufacturer inorpore Android , Google , Apple could even use it against developers, severely damaging the ecosystem-based Android scare off developers, putting in the worst of all cases. This patent has not been the only one received by Apple in this round, but by far the most important.

What does the parenteral?

In bulk: covers what makes a smartphone is a smartphone. Covers blogging, how to view a list of mail messages, phone, camera, video player, calendar, browser, widgets (strange this), searches, notes, maps and, most important of all multi-touch interfaces. Among the granted to Apple iPhone is also covered as a multifunctional device with multitouch capabilities, multiple programs, a virtual keyboard and much more. Covers even the form of documents or visualize the fact that the side bar displacement vanishes when the scrolling event is over or that it varies in size depending on the length of the list.

The danger

The bad news for Android will come when this latest acquisition of intellectual property is used every day in court, the effects could be disastrous, depending on how you define "user interface" and describing how the elements that are part of it. And would not surprise me that the usasen, given the history of Apple, Jobs' desire to exterminate the Android earth or the words of Tim Cook, seems to happen perfectly Jobs in this line of thought:

From our point of view, it is important that Apple does not matter who develops everything in the world. We can not put all our effort and dedication to complete the picture, then have another you put your name on it.

Furthermore, this patent not only opens the door to fight against Android as OS or against the companies, but against the developers on Google Play, accordingly, any person using an interface similar to Apple (in concept or in appearance) may be the target of a lawsuit, seriously damaging the ecosystem.
It really is sad all the matches we see lately in patents, I believe that companies should steal sales to each other using the favorable opinion of a user to your product, not courthouses.



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