“Apple won a lawsuit against HTC over patent infringement, and this might cause Google to lose market share over the long-haul if a ban is put in placed, or if other patent lawsuits go in favor of Apple,” Chris Ciaccia writes for TheStreet.”According to Nielsen, Google’s Android operating system holds 42.8% of the smartphone market share as of November 29. HTC is the largest Android OEM, with 15.0% of the market. Apple’s iOS has 28.3% of the market.”
“The International Trade Commission ruled in favor of Apple on Monday regarding a case that phone-maker HTC had infringed upon Apple’s patent for ‘data-tapping,’ U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647. According to the patent application, it allows users to switch between applications and place the phone call in the background on the phone,” Ciaccia writes. “ISI Group’s analyst Brian Marshall noted that while the ruling will not be material to either Apple or HTC, it could be beneficial for Apple down the line. In a research note, Marshall wrote Apple could have a positive share shift if a ban were to take place in the immediate term.”
Ciaccia writes, “J.P. Morgan analyst Alvin Kwock noted in a research report that the second ITC patent case against HTC, which was filed in July, have additional patents that could be more detrimental to user experience if Apple were to come out victorious in the suit. Kwock wrote, ‘…the second ITC case Apple filed against HTC in July 2011 mentions a number of patents that would have much more significant bearing on user experience, including a number of touch features and use of movement sensors – in some cases, if potentially Apple has a upper hand, it could be much more difficult for HTC to design around without sacrificing user experience, thus forcing HTC to settle with Apple on some compensation eventually.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: Market share, schmarket share. Profit share is where it’s at, and Apple has the lion’s share.
Don’t steal IP.
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HTC’s got as much a chance of settling with Apple as Eric Schmidt has winning a beauty contest against janeshepard.
He’d win one against Steve Ballmer, though. Hands down.
Creepy vs. fat. Everybody loses in that beauty contest.
Then there’s the tag team from RIMM
That’s Dumb and Dumber
You calling Janeshepard fat????? 🙂
Does anyone honestly think that winning some minor law suit is going to slow down Android’s constant growth? I would think that the courts would toss out any claim that adversely affects Android OS because they’d say that all consumers were being harmed by a company that is trying to become a monopoly. Consumers don’t care whether IP is stolen or not as long as they get cheap smartphones.
The inverse of that would also be true. Google is trying to acquire a monopoly in smart phone OS through theft. This is all coming to a place where Apple can sue Google directly the way Oracle has.
Apple lawsuits aren’t designed to keep competition down but to catch those that are stealing IP.
Your argument makes it ok to rip-off IP. Whether consumers don’t care or not, Apple cares enough to protect what they invent much like you would protect your own personal property.
You obviously haven’t been following the Oracle vs. Google lawsuit news. It’s going Oracle’s way, and will take Google out at the ankles.
with right clothes and proper lighting I might do ok …
For all the people who think it’s bad for Apple to win, consider this:
Court cases set precedents. If it’s ok for Google to steal from Apple, it means I can watch YOUR company, see what you do, copy you religiously, and cite Apple vs. Google as my reason WHY it’s ok to copy you blatantly “and you should STFU and stop whining and learn to innovate more and stop worrying about what I do.”
Using voice+data has traditionally been a limitation of the cellular network, not the device itself.
This patent is like claiming you invented multitasking on a computer. lol.
The HTC 8525 allowed you to use a data connection while on a call and run other applications, it was running Windows Mobile v5. It was released in 2006.
The Palm Treo 600 released in 2003 allowed you to switch to the calendar application while on a call and was one of the first phones to offer data+voice capabilities while on a call using the newer GSM standards.
Wrong article dummy! This is the Data detectors patent. The Switching interface patent was just awarded and there are no present suits involving it. And by the way none of those were touchscreens or used Apple’s method.
my apologies for posting the wrong info. Actually the article seems to be confusing the two if you read it.
Btw windows mobile was indeed touch based and if you honestly believe there is any difference between touch interfaces and non-touch interfaces when task switching within the operating system kernel then there are plenty of operating system design websites you can use to get an esucation.
Apple isn’t in this game to make financial deals. Apple is in the legal pursuit business to stop shipments of any device that infringes on their patents – period.
Only as a last resort will Apple settle for a financial payoff.
And the first of many domino’s fall!
Before there are any dumb comments made from people over simplifying the patent. This is from Apple Data Detectors technology patented in 1997 as part of OS 8.5. It is not clicking on a link to make a phone call! It is analyzing text and finding bits of data such as phone numbers and turning them into links to perform appropriate actions based on the data type. Thus a phone number can be clicked on to call that number or to add it into your contacts. Likewise a time and date may be clicked on to create a new calendar event.
Android should have patented the notification status bar so they would also be able to file a case against Apple on their update on iOS 5. isn’t that copying?