TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoApple Ordered to Pay $5.7 Billion for Infringing Haptics Patent in iPhone, Apple Watchwww.cnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down12
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minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·edit-225 days agoHow is this good news? Haptic feedback has existed since the 1970s. This patent should be invalid.
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minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·25 days agoSo I looked into this and you are right and I am wrong. Deleting my previous posts since there’s more to this case than just haptics.
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minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·26 days agoEven if it’s like catching Al capone on tax fraud, it’s still good to get the baddie.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-225 days agoRewarding a patent troll is never a good thing. It just means no one will be able to use haptic feedback without paying a toll.
minus-squaretimbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·26 days agoAre they really a patent troll though? It’s apparently a headphone company.
minus-squareSpur4383@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·25 days agoThey have one headphone license for one model from crossair, that is worth less money that what they spent on lawyers for this trial. They are a patent troll.
How is this good news? Haptic feedback has existed since the 1970s. This patent should be invalid.deleted by creator
So I looked into this and you are right and I am wrong. Deleting my previous posts since there’s more to this case than just haptics.
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Even if it’s like catching Al capone on tax fraud, it’s still good to get the baddie.
Rewarding a patent troll is never a good thing. It just means no one will be able to use haptic feedback without paying a toll.Are they really a patent troll though? It’s apparently a headphone company.
They have one headphone license for one model from crossair, that is worth less money that what they spent on lawyers for this trial. They are a patent troll.