MONKEYmedia sues Apple for patent infringement

invisibleSHIELD case for iPadMONKEYmedia today filed a lawsuit against Apple, Inc. for infringing claims in three of MONKEYmedia’s Seamless Contraction patents. Apple’s infringement involves its user interfaces for document summarization, RSS readers and video players that can display multiple versions of text and/or audiovisual content. The lawsuit was filed in the Western District of Texas – Austin Division.

“We can sit by and watch Apple continue to use our patented inventions without paying, or we can do something about it,” said Eric Gould Bear, MONKEYmedia’s CEO, in the press release.

Austin-based MONKEYmedia is a privately held user interface design studio turned intellectual property licensing boutique, founded in 1994 by Janna Buckmaster Bear and Eric Gould Bear, a Microsoft and Yahoo! alumnus, respectively.

Source: MONKEYmedia, Inc.

MacDailyNews Take: Licensing squeeze.

And Steve Jobs ought to sue wiseass Eric Gould Bear for plagiarism:

We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it.Steve Jobs, March 2, 2010

31 Comments

  1. btaylor:

    Sorry for the insult but, when someone speaks (SHOUTS in capital letters) with SUCH AUTHORiTY as you did and its clear that they don’t have the facts right ,or a clue, it amounts to – Arrogance.

    Maybe the next time you state anything with such certainty, it should be based on more than hearsay, impression or assumption…A little humility always makes a distinction too

  2. OMG this is getting hilarious. It demonstrates the pathetic state of biznizz in the USA. Here we have THE one shining company that has remained innovative in the midst of the biznizz morals decay, THE one shining company that has remained innovative while every other company goes into Marketing-As-Management decay, THE one shining company that competes with QUALITY. So every other company rolls over and goes PARASITIC:

    If you can’t innovate: LITIGATE

    Sad for you MONKEYmedia. We weep.
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