“Apple Inc. defeated a lawsuit brought by Emblaze Ltd. claiming the iPhone-maker pushed organizations including Major League Baseball to adopt its format for streaming live video, causing them to infringe a patent,” Joel Rosenblatt reports for Bloomberg.
“Mark Fowler, a lawyer for Apple, argued to a federal jury at the outset of trial in San Jose, California, that Emblaze was an example of a failed company targeting the iPhone-maker due to its success,” Rosenblatt reports. “Emblaze manufactured and sold audio products, and attempted to sell its technology to wireless carriers and then phone companies, failing each time, Fowler argued. Fowler failed to convince jurors that Emblaze’s patent is invalid, though they agreed with him that none of the seven accused streaming services infringe it.”
“The trial was over a U.S. patent issued to Emblaze in 2002 covering a process for delivering live-streaming video over wireless networks without interruption,” Rosenblatt reports. “U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal limited Emblaze’s case to seven video-streaming services, such as MLB.com’s “At Bat” and WatchESPN.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Arline M.” for the heads up.]
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Another excellent heads up by Fred Mertz 👍😊
I got fed up with reading MacDailyNews articles on my iPhone and having it decide to quit Safari and launch the App Store application to show me a “Free” game called DragonCity.
I didn’t have to even touch anywhere on the screen; just sitting there reading the article and I would find myself being taken to the App Store to look at that game.
Days of that switch-a-roo. I starting taking screenshots. So…
I decided to download DragonCity. What a lousy game. It’s just a teaser that is near-worthless unless you download in-app purchases; a common one costs $20.
Yeah. If I were a Spanish developer like the makers of DragonCity and was looking at in-game profits like that, I might be tempted to pull B.S. stunts like they did here at MacDailyNews.
Here’s the fun part: After downloading the game, I gave them a one-star review and mentioned how it’s no fun unless you spend big bucks on in-app purchases.</strong?
What does this have to do with the article?
It has been happening to me in the past few days.
I ended up not visiting this site until now.
Wasn’t the iOS 8 going to fix this? Or is it the other way around which prohibits the app to direct you to safari without user interaction 😁
Because it keeps on doing it while I’m trying to read this article.
In fact, I was trying to type this response on my iPhone a few minutes ago and it bailed out while I was typing my response. So I gave up until I could type it using my MacBook.
I was wondering why my iPhone was doing that. I thought it was because I was accidentally touching the wrong thing on my screen.
I also am sick of the fact that my iPhone switches from MDN to an advertisement for an app.
I will not view MDN on my phone anymore. How does that help your ad revenue, MDN?
And when I deleted that damned DragonCity app from my iPhone, it first asked if I was sure I wanted to delete the app. I pressed “Yes.” Then it warned that my name would no longer be listed on the DragonCity reader-boards. Oh dear. Not <i<that! (I pressed “OK”)
By the way, Bruce. I assumed that DragonCity had somehow slyly inserted hidden code somewhere on this page. I’d be surprised if MacDailyNews actually participated in that switch-a-roo behavior because it is so annoying and would be a deterrent to coming back.
I don’t think there’s any hidden code injected into MDN’s site. I’ve been redirected to an app for William HIll, a very large gambling company. I seriously doubt would hack someone else’s site.
Also, MDN has remained silent on the matter as people have complained over the passed few days. This makes me conclude that it’s another form of advertising that MDN is getting paid for.
Download the MDN app. It’s free and a much better way to view the site on your iPhone.
I’ll do so right now. I’ll report the status of DragonCity hijackings either way. Thanks.
You’re right! The MDN application is much better than accessing the news through iPhone Safari.
I just read a couple of articles and did not have that hidden DragonCity code hijack me and launch the App Store in order to have DragonCity display their shortcomings.
I just deleted the bookmark icon for the MDN url and replaced it with the MDN app.
Thanks again, applemacaron.
Did you report this problem to the iTunes Store? Probably should, maybe they’ll pull it.
No. The developer can just deny that they are responsible for the code here and complain about how the “unjust accusations are hurtful hate speech.”
The Tech Forum at its best, as exemplified by Greg L et al. Reporting and solving a tech problem! Even if off-topic! I love it.
Downside: must navigate to other sites to fulfill daily quota of abuse in politics & troll bait & creative name-calling
Ha-ha!
(Although I’ll quibble with “creative”, as most of the name-calling is the level of a semi-literate 14-year-old with a BIG chip on his shoulder.)
“Downside: must navigate to other sites to fulfill daily quota of abuse in politics & troll bait & creative name-calling.”
I’ll be your huckleberry!