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Every Major Phone Maker Sued Over App Store Tech

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Apr 1, 2011, 1:43 PM   by Eric M. Zeman

A company called H-W Technology has filed a massive law suit against 32 mobile technology companies over a 2009 patent it was rewarded concerning mobile application stores. The suit names Apple, RIM, Motorola, LG, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Microsoft, HTC, Amazon, Google, Expedia, Verizon, Kyocera, and others. The patent pertains to how cell phones access and gather "information and offers from merchants, and complete a transaction with one of said merchants without having to generate a voice call." The lawsuit calls out a number of specific devices, including the iPhone, BlackBerry Torch, Motorola Droid X, HTC Thunderbolt and others. H-W says that it has suffered monetary damages as a result of the companies' actions and is demanding an injunction and unspecified damages.

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kvlt

Apr 1, 2011, 2:30 PM

Is this another April Fools post?

Because it's completely absurd.
agreed
it makes about as much sense as patenting the way our body language is interpreted when we wish to add emphasis to a statement or say something with out verbalizing it.
...
another patent troll trying to get a return on their portfolio, that's all.
Globhead

Apr 2, 2011, 4:18 PM

So these fools "invented" online shopping... in 2009

"complete a transaction with one of said merchants without having to generate a voice call"

Poe's Law:

"it is difficult or impossible to tell the difference between sincere extremism and the parody of extremism"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poes_law »

Patent racketeering has reached the same level of absurdity as religion. Good work, lawsuit whores!
Hitur Petar

Apr 2, 2011, 9:00 AM

no, its an apple's fool

They wanna sue every company out there for everything under the sun, but they may, or may not, have their own facts straight when it comes to apps.
what are you even trying to say? Apple isn't suing anyone its a different company.
 
 
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