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Being involved with innovations and patents and getting new ideas turned into business opportunities, I can sympathize. Apple blunder gives Gates iPod royalty in today's online edition of The Independent.
Posted by Grayson at August 15, 2005 07:38 AMNo. No. No. Story debunked. Check more sources. Check with a patent lawyer. Prior art. Etc, etc. etc.
Posted by: Director Mitch at August 15, 2005 09:08 AMYou are, of course, correct that "prior art" may alleviate the Microsoft patent interference. GMSV has a good post referring to this at http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2005/08/_yes_microsoft_.html
Be that as it may, Apple will not win a patent either because of the same "prior art." Simply, as GMSV points out, you can't patent something that already exists and is, in fact, in market. So, at least this little part of the Apple iPod technology will be unprotected with a patent and hence not valuable from a licensing perspective. All of which means absolutely nothing in the real world where the iPod commands the lion's share of the market, I suppose.
Nice hearing from you directly again, Mitch. Glad all's going well with the consulting.
Posted by: TRDG at August 17, 2005 08:51 AM