Evans reports, “In a note to media the smaller firm reveals: ‘Emblaze Ltd. has recently notified Apple Inc.that the HTTP Live Streaming Application announced by Apple and intended for use in Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch devices, infringes Emblaze’s U.S. patent for media streaming technology.'”
“There could be a hint of media spin in the air – Emblaze is also fielding its technology in its first-ever touch-enabled mobile device, which was unveiled last week in London by ELSE Ltd., a subsidiary of Emblaze,” Evans reports. “That device is – of course – being described as an all-new ‘iPhone killer.'”
More details in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: There can never be enough “iPhone killers.”
Related article:
Apple launches HTTP Live Streaming standard in iPhone 3.0 – July 09, 2009
Sounds more like a publicity grab.
The law suits never end!
If all else fails, I’ll bet that they can be bought up for less than $34 billion.
Je wis. I wanted to show my wife a live broadcast of me sitting in front of my computer. Oh well..
Gotta love how the patent system encourages innovation… innovative lawyering, that is…
Considering that Apple inc have been in the process of defining the protocols for HTTP5 and that the iPhone and iTouch are now 2 years old, one needs to ask why now? Also their touch enabled device is having its debute now 2 years later.
I see this ending in a stale mate. Emblaze have used open software to develop their protocol, Apple inc developed the hardware and protocol that enabled the WWW1 to be developed.
Open technology does exactly what Open says, Open and free for all to use as long as they conform to the protocols set. If Emblaze want to claim patent rights, then they need to prove that the product has been created using unique code that is Open compatible.
Reminds me of Creative Laboratories and their MP3 players V Apple inc.
Riiiight… and Apple violated my patent for putting your fingers onto a surface! Apple, give me my money!!!
Sounds more like a patent lie….
Oh no, here come the Zionists………
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Emblaze? Sounds like what happens in a furnace!
Nuclear Kid – whats with the Zionist remark? Even if they are a bunch of opportunists that has no relation to their national identity unless you have a grudge you want to share…. in which case keep it to yourself ok!?
EMBLAZE CAN STICK THAT UP THEIR ARS!
I’m not qualified to judge the merit of Emblaze’ claim, but I for one won’t presume there’s no merit here. Israel has become a major innovation center over the last decade or two, second only to Silicon Valley itself. This fall the OECD established a patent center there.
Most of the major players in high-tech have a presence there, sometimes quite substantial, but not Apple. Both IBM and Pfizer announced tech acquisitions there in just the last week.That Core processor in our beloved Macs (developed by Intel Israel) is just a sample of how much of their stuff is in our stuff.
http live streaming is brand new technology by Apple (at least that’s what Apple thinks) and was released first time in September. Technology supported built-in in all iPhone 3.0 so this is maybe emblase wakes up now.
Another day, another patent lawsuit. And if this one is like 75% of the others, we’ll never hear about it again.
And yeah, another “iPhone killer”. This reminds me of the endless series of “iPod killers”, until the entire industry just seemed to give up as one and let Apple have the market. I figure that’s what’s going to happen here unless someone comes up with a phone that leapfrogs Apple in terms of innovation and usability, instead of just trying to catch up.
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I FOUND !!! Apple launches HTTP Live Streaming standard in iPhone 3.0:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/07/08/apple_launches_http_live_streaming_standard_in_iphone_3_0.html
This appears to be the patent in question: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=Oo0KAAAAEBAJ&dq=eli+reifman
yes. I also think so. it looks they have a case……