“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”
So, it took these 2 geniuses 7 YEARS to determine there was a patent infringement? Please….
I wonder if Apple even sent a lawyer to dignify this stupidity…
Time to bring the manufacture of Apple products back into the United States. Not like they don’t have the money. Hire some Americans and help out the country.
Agree completely with MikeR. We’ve got to get back to actually manufacturing our own inventions and technology, otherwise the only way we’ll ever manufacture again is when our labor force becomes the cheap, overseas labor for the Chinese (formerly American) hi-tech companies. You can’t expect to hand the other guys the keys to all our secrets, and then expect they won’t kick our asses with them.
Wasn’t it China where the hacks into both McCain and Obamas campaigns originated from. Those cheating bastards have absolutely no moral code and we need to call them on it. Screw their damn lawsuit. Pull the contract manufacturing outta there. Stop buying their cheap, copycat crap, and see how quick their economy divebombs into the ground. But, we have to use our economic advantage while we still can, otherwise they’ll develop their own middle class, and won’t need our markets for their cheap, non-regulated products anymore, and we’ll only be good for cheap labor and raw materials – a complete reversal of our situation a mere 50 years ago with the world. Then they’ll just buy our country, and we’ll work for them. And not a shot will need to be fired. Wake up, America! Multinational corporations have absolutely no allegiance to this country, so quit thinking of them as American. Their allegiance is to the stockholder and the almighty dollar/yen/euro/yuan…
Apple sux! Get over it. Stop crying!
Yeah lets see China stop the Meiu or other blatent RIP OFF.
When that happens these guys can do their thing, until then. they should be shot.
I second that, Nuke them All!! Turn them in to crispy critters!!
And while we are at it, I wouldn’t hesitate to turn the middle-east into glass.
Wow I didn’t know American Patriotism leads to racism.
What you probably don’t realise is, if Apple ever lodges a complaint over this and threatens China of manufacturing their ipods and computers else where… these two would be dead.
And besides, the original iPod inventor is a failed furniture salesman, whom is getting paid as a consultant for Apple over a court case.
MP,
Actually, historians believe that Marco Polo brought the noodle to Europe FROM Cathay (known as China in the current millennium). If you have any evidence to the contrary, please share it.
He was kidding. Of course Italy got the pasta idea from China. Just check the history books. It’s like English tea. Funny how people forget where it all came from.
Maybe China should sue those countries for ripping them off so many centuries ago… ooops, statute of limitations!