“You’d think physician Peter V. Boesen would want his lawyers spending most of their time appealing his prison sentence,” Paul McDougall reports for InformationWeek. “Boesen, a Des Moine, Iowa, surgeon recently sentenced to 51 months in federal penitentiary for healthcare fraud, is suing Apple. He’s alleging that the touch keyboard on the computer maker’s iPhone PDA violates a patent he holds through a company called SP Technologies.”
“Civil court records show that Boesen, through SP Technologies, has filed a number of patent suits in the past, including claims against Canon, LG Electronics, and Kyocera,” McDougall reports.
“Federal criminal records show that Boesen was sentenced to prison in May following a conviction on defrauding Iowa’s Medicare and Medicaid programs by filing false claims. He was also ordered to repay the state and private insurers more than $900,000,” McDougall reports. “Boesen is free pending an appeal. No word on whether he is using an iPhone to text his lawyer.”
Full article here.
Sometimes we don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
A quick google search reveals that he has sued other mobile manufacturers in the past, including LG Electronics
http://www.kattenlaw.com/People/Detail.aspx?attorney=165
A highly-paid surgeon who defrauded various healthcare institutions.
Now pursuing Apple based on some spurious, vague patent application.
And, according to public records, he’s a regular financial supporter of Republican politics and so seemingly is his wife.
I’m trying to work out which bit of this guy I find most repulsive.
mw: take – well, he certainly appears to be on the…
And, according to public records, he’s a regular financial supporter of Republican politics and so seemingly is his wife.
I’m trying to work out which bit of this guy I find most repulsive.
Would’ve it been better if he had supported Democrats with his conned money?
I’m trying to work out which bit of your post I find most repulsive. Nice between-the-lines try at taking the high road.
Do you still make a distinction between the two?
It is easy to see who the real crook is – Steve Jobs. Companies are popping up everywhere trying to protect their patents from the money grubbing crooked Apple. Steve could have spent a few minutes verifying that the technologies he was using didn’t step on other’s ideas, but he is too busy becoming the next zillionaire to worry about that. First Apple steals webkit from the open source community and then systematically steals technology from many companies to produce the newest toy for the uber rich – the iphone.
Maybe the public will begin to become disgusted with Apple and stop purchasing their products. This would make Apple start to think before stealing from others and put superior competitive products into customer hands. So stop buying these stolen products and let your friends know they are giving money to a known thief. There are lots of other companies that produce mp3s and phones that are easier to use, have more features, and are cheaper. Don’t get suckered into getting the “cool” product, get the one that isn’t built with ripped off technology…
That Mac Realist post has to be a troll, because no one can possibly be that stupid.If so much of Apple’s technology is ripped off, why is it no one can even come close to designing products as slick as Apple’s?
Then again…
It is easy to see who the real crook is – Bill Gates. After all Microimpotent is a convicted monopolist. Companies have gone down everywhere trying to protect their patents from the money grubbing crooked Microscum. Even the government tried to take them to court, but I guess Bill had enough money to buy them off. Bill could have spent a few minutes verifying that the technologies he was using didn’t step on other’s ideas, but he is too busy becoming the world’s richest man and removing the underwear shoved up his a$$ to worry about that. MS lambasted a whole bunch of products, Lotus 123, WordPerfect, Netscape and Apple from the community by the embrace, extend and extinguish recipe, along with a good dose of FUD and then systematically steals technology from many companies to produce the newest toy for the uber rich – the Xbox, Zune or that new tablet table.
The public is becoming disgusted with MS (see Vista reports) but like addicted lemmings, many cannot stop purchasing their products. This won’t make MiniScum start to think before stealing from others and put inferior dictatorial products into customer hands. But go ahead and continue to buy these inferior products and let your friends know they are giving money to a known thief and convicted monopolist. There are only a few other companies that produce mp3 player and phones that are not tied to MS. They tend to have more features, and are cheaper once you consider cost of ownership and ease of use. Continue to get suckered into getting the “cool cause we say so” product, the one that isn’t built with ripped off technology…
so that the real leaders can use the best.
It’s pathetic to read such a collection of comments from people who do not know what they are talking about. Dr. Boesen is a gifted surgeon whom I have known since 1988, when he was a 4th year resident in the Otolaryngology Department at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. The UI Otolaryngology Department is the top rated Otolaryngology Department in the United States. When I met Dr. Boesen, he was one of a handful of physicians in the department who were more interested in their patients than in jockeying for status. His specialty was pediatrics. In 1998, my son was born with a rare and terrible disorder that was instantly life-threatening. I again encountered Dr. Boesen–this time at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines. Dr. Boesen performed multiple surgeries on my son over the course of two years and at least twice saved my son’s life. Dr. Boesen had a very successful practice in Des Moines and was a gifted and caring physician and surgeon. His conviction was a loss not only to him, but to the hundreds of families whose children were his patients. In addition to practicing medicine, Dr. Boesen was an inventor and indeed held several patents. It may have been the cost of defending the patents that cause him to overstep in his insurance billing practices. Regardless of the conviction, Dr. Boesen is not the person you folks and others–in your ignorance, belligerance and envy–would make him out to be.