“A Detroit woman says Apple owes her $2bn because the iGiant allegedly ripped off her smartwatch idea,” Chris Williams reports for The Register.
“Daisy Washington-Gross has sued the Silicon Valley giant in US district court of eastern Michigan, alleging Apple’s Watch infringes her patent,” Williams reports. “She claims she paid $325 to apply for a patent describing a ‘detachable bleeper disc digital gym shoe computer wrist watch’ in July 1996, although her submission doesn’t appear to have gone anywhere except the bin.”
Williams reports, “El Reg could find no record of the application.”
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“Washington-Gross told this newspaper she filed suit against Apple because she never had a chance to produce her watch before the tech firm came out with one, and no one from the company had contacted her about her patent,” Ethan Baron reports for SiliconBeat. “‘They gave me no respect or anything, to call me,’ said Washington-Gross, 67. ‘They just took action to create the watch.'”
Baron reports, “Lest one imagine the technology behemoth quaking in its boots over Washington-Gross’s enormous demand, it must be noted that she sued Reebok in 2000, claiming that ‘I invented the gym shoe.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: Uh oh, Apple’s in big trouble now!
I just hope Lucy Koh doesn’t get her hands on this one.
Wow. So many clowns on this tread sound like idiots. My mother did file the patent for the computer wrist watch in 96’
You good for nothing smart talking non-creative folks should stop! Seriously! Jokes and wisecracks make you appear smart I guess…. be well!