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Tuesday, March 27, 2012, 11:46 am
Apple, Samsung & Sony sued over graphics processing patent
A patent holder has taken aim at Apple — along with Samsung, Sony and others — for allegedly infringing upon inventions related to graphics processing.Graphics Property Holdings Inc., formerly known as Silicon Graphics Inc., has sued a total of six companies in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Del., according to Reuters. Other companies targeted in the suit were Research in Motion, LG and HTC.
Specifically accused of infringement in the complaints are Apple's iPhone Samsung's Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones, RIM's BlackBerry Torch and more. As is the norm for such complaints, Graphics Properties seeks to halt the sales of devices, including the iPhone, with a court injunction.
The six companies were each targeted with six individual lawsuits against each smartphone maker. All six complaints were filed in the District of Delaware.
Other devices targeted in the complaints are the HTC EVO 4G, the LG Thrill, and Sony's Xperia Play line of smartphones. The devices have been targeted over a patent related to turning text and images into pixels on a mobile display.
Graphics Properties Holdings has an established history of pursuing Apple and others with patent infringement suits. The two companies traded filings last November, which each accusing the other of patent infringement.
Apple was first sued by Silicon Graphics in November of 2010. The original company filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and sold much of its operations to Rackable Systems Inc., while its remaining business is run by investors out of New Rochelle, New York.
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Apple gets sued...isn't this a daily occurrence?
Meanwhile....Apple lawyers start a new file and continue work as usual.
I was curious about this and assume others are as well. From Reuters:
"The patent at issue relates to a computer graphics process that turns text and images into pixels to be displayed on screens."
Dang. I'm still curious for more...
Is this akin to someone, on a lark, getting a patent for a round screen ten years ago and then out of the blue round screens suddenly being made and now the makers have to pay up for the idea of a round screen?
I was curious about this and assume others are as well. From Reuters:
"The patent at issue relates to a computer graphics process that turns text and images into pixels to be displayed on screens."
Dang. I'm still curious for more...
Like what the patents are and when they were filed and issued. And is the process in software? Or in the GPU in the devices?
Are we sure this is related to THAT SGI? As far as I know, they are still quite successful, having changed gears from high-end proprietary graphics workstations to the high-performance computing/supercomputing market...
huh.
i remember when the labs filled with SGI Indigo 2's were the cream of the crop, and there was await list to get on them.
Honestly, i havent even thought about the company in over ten years. i am sure they have a good deal of IP to protect...
Lets not give Apple a pass. They hire people to find IP thy can use and then deal with any potentials consequences down the road. They steal, Sony steals and the beat goes on.
With a 100 billion war chest of cha ching they can afford a settlement.
Are we sure this is related to THAT SGI? As far as I know, they are still quite successful, having changed gears from high-end proprietary graphics workstations to the high-performance computing/supercomputing market...
yup, same one.
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patentl...t-lawsuit.html
they have been defending patents since they filed for bankruptcy and reorganized a few years ago.
A big difference here is Silicon Graphics long history developing graphical hardware. The key here is that Apple has also been an industry leader here. In otherwords this isn't, or maybe I should say wasn't a fly by night patent trol. SGI literally invented much of what we see today.
A big difference here is Silicon Graphics long history developing graphical hardware. The key here is that Apple has also been an industry leader here. In otherwords this isn't, or maybe I should say wasn't a fly by night patent trol. SGI literally invented much of what we see today.
So they waited to sue everyone until Apple hit 600$??? Patent troll, period.
The ability to turn images and text into pixels??????? OMG. Do you know how television works??????
Just a thought.
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huh.
i remember when the labs filled with SGI Indigo 2's were the cream of the crop, and there was await list to get on them.
Honestly, i havent even thought about the company in over ten years. i am sure they have a good deal of IP to protect...