“Two Chinese sued three companies on November 11, including US-based Apple, claiming that its iPod Series infringed upon their invention’s patent,” People’s Daily Online reports.
“The Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court opened a public court session for the case on the same day,” People’s Daily Online reports.
“Two Chinese, Cai Yaohua and Chen Shaohua who are now living in Beijing, are patent holders of a type of intelligent audio server,” People’s Daily Online reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Carl H.” for the heads up.]
Yeah. Ok. Just like those Chinese Gymnasts were 16 or over. Sure……
How much lead do the patent holders use in their music server?
Chinese suing Americans for patent infringement? That’s the funniest/most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard…
These people are idiots trying to bank on Apple’s success.
The US and the WTO has been trying to get the Chinese to take intellectual property seriously for years and met with prevarication and intransigence throughout.
But these guys file a lawsuit and the courts take action the same day.
I’m a known Democrat/left-of-centre poster on this forum, but this is one of those rare occasions where I’d like to kick William Jefferson Clinton around the room a few times so long as his Secret Service detail were taking a doughnut break.
Most favoured nation my ass!
Just to prove that two people so very, very different can also agree on some things . . .
^ What MCCFR said.
The linked article is too light on details, but assuming the “server” they speak of is software and not hardware, this is precisely why software patents are the scourge of true innovation, contrary to MDN’s apparent stance a few days ago about how US patent reform will hurt innovators like Apple.
What the hell kind of basic software concept kicked around in 1996 is still worthy of protection today? That it took SIX YEARS to grant a patent for software is ridiculous–how fast does software change in six years? Hell, we’ve gone at least 4 major releases of Mac OS X!
MCCFR: China copies from the best. Don’t blame them if they’ve learned to cherry-pick intellectual property cases that benefit them, American companies have been suing each other for years. Think of all the money wasted on IP lawyers that could better be spent on stuff like R&D;.
I think the word ridiculous doesn’t come close to describing this situation. Patent trolls are such little bitches.
I once met with with prevarication and intransigence. Obdurateness and implacability also showed up, but nobody could decide what to order, so the meeting just trailed off.
Now here’s a lawsuit worth pursuing:
I’m a descendant of Marco Polo, and you Chinese stole the “pasta noodle” idea from him.
Two hallucinating Chinese dimwits suffering melamine toxicity file belated patent infringement brief.
Cai Yaohua (aka Larry) and Chen Shaohua (Curly) sue. Apparently, Moe stepped out for tiger penis soup.
prevarication
intransigence
Obdurateness
implacability
None of them showed up in my dictionary. Damn!
next
Nuke um.
LEts just get a list of all the IP infringement requests made to the Chinese that were ignored, fly the finger, and tell them where to stick their lawsuit. As Spock would say, “I believe I would tell them Go to hell”