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Robert Elliot

4:22 PM on 18 November, 2008

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"If patents are the issue then something needs to be worked out fast"

If Apple have a valid patent, how can something be worked out? Apple are hardly going to license the technology to their competitors, and I can't see them being forced to either when there are so many other input methods and they have a small slice of the mobile device market.

Mind you, personally I strongly disagree with this whole patenting of UIs and input methods. But the Americans seem to think it's appropriate, and that's what counts.

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Stelph

4:57 PM on 18 November, 2008

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Surely Aple dont have patents on EVERY possible implentation of multi-touch? HP have brought out drivers for their HP Touchsmart PC's so they cant have patents on all the multi-touch options, could it be that google are just waiting for someone to code multi-touch for them and provide a phone that can support it?

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purephase

5:32 PM on 18 November, 2008

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@ Robert Elliot - I think Creative would have liked it if Apple had taken that view before they put in the scroll wheel on their iPods... but they used the technology anyway and then settled the patent issue post event.

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Alex.rar

10:14 PM on 18 November, 2008

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there must be a time limit on the patent or something?

like Apple has exclusivity of multi touch devices for 5 years or something?

they cant have it for ever can they?!

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Shi An De

8:42 AM on 19 November, 2008

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@ Alex.rar

I believe patents last for 20 years from the date of grant. Apple will most likely have secured a patent before the iPhone or iPod touch were released, but that still leaves them with a considerable period of exclusivity.

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