“A Texas company called Clear With Computers is suing Apple and HP over their configuration system for custom orders, as well as the companies’ parts inventory systems,” Justin Berka reports for Ars Technica.
“Conveniently filed in the ‘rocket docke’ Eastern District of Texas, the suit alleges that the companies are infringing on patents 5,615,342 and 5,367,627, which essentially cover a system for preparing price quotes, and an electronic parts catalog. From a quick skim, the patents seem to only vaguely resemble the current Apple build-to-order process, and it’s also worth noting that the patent talks about companies printing out quotes rather than fulfilling orders electronically,” Berka reports.
Full article here.
Clear With Computers, LLC v. Apple, Inc., et al. via Justia Docs here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lurker_PC” for the heads up.]