Daniel Eran DilgerThe ruling, as reported by Reuters, will be followed up by a formal ITC decision that can either accept or reject the judge's findings. The final decision is expected to be released in August.
In March 2010, Elan had accused Apple of "knowingly and deliberately" using its technology and infringing on a patent it owns related to multitouch sensing. The case involved MacBook trackpads and Apple's Magic Mouse.
A year prior, Elan had sued Apple over the same patent in a case that involved iPhone, iPod touch and MacBook trackpads, claiming a violation of its finger positioning technology. Prior to its accusations against Apple, Elan had successfully litigated an infringement claim against trackpad manufacturer Synaptics.
Judge Luckern had previously been involved in a 2006 ITC complaint filed by Creative against Apple's iPod in the "Zen Patent" case, but the two companies reached a settlement prior to the ITC's ruling in that case.
Last month, ITC judge James Gildea ruled Apple did not infringe five Nokia patents, after ITC staff determined in November that Apple had not provided enough evidence to establish a patent violation in 13 patents Apple had alleged against Nokia in its countersuit.
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i think the reason apple with this stuff, is because they are a good company.
i don't think they are followers, they are leaders..
NOW SAMSUNG, there is another story!
Proving a company "knowingly and deliberately" did anything would be darn near impossible without adequate documentation.
Proving a company "knowingly and deliberately" did anything would be darn near impossible without adequate documentation.
"Knowingly and deliberately" usually just means that they informed Apple of their patent and Apple didn't license it or stop using the disputed technology.
"Knowingly and deliberately" usually just means that they informed Apple of their patent and Apple didn't license it or stop using the disputed technology.
At any rate, chalk one win up for Apple.
trying to understand apple's strategy
from today's macnn.com
"leading some to speculate that Apple would have preferred to settle or dismiss the Elan lawsuit as quickly as possible, as it undermines Apple's claims of proprietary multi-touch technology.
The decision comes as something of a surprise; outside observers had guessed that Apple would go with some kind of settlement solution, worth perhaps as much as $70 million to Elan. It also had reasons for believing a victory against Apple was likely; Elan had had its patent backed by a victory in 2008 against Synaptics. In March of last year the case moved to the U.S. International Trade Commission for investigation.
Read more: http://www.macnn.com/articles/11/04/...#ixzz1KxcMtuFEwhy would apple prefer to settle-- ....as quickly as possible as it undermines apples claim of proprietary multitouch technologydon't understand this aspect
i guess the win was in doubt????
does this hurt apple against HTC???