Sour Apple Disputes $625.5 Million Patent Infringement Suit
Sour Apple Disputes $625.5 Million Patent Infringement Suit
Posted 10/05/2010 at 5:15am
| by Paul Lilly
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Barring any last minute changes, Apple is up against a $625.5 million judgment against Mirror Worlds, which sued the Cupertino company in 2008 for alleged patent infringement, Bloomberg reports.
The original lawsuit accuses Apple's iPod device, iPhone, and Mac OS X of infringing on a number of Mirror Worlds' patents for a way documents are displayed on a computer screen. According to Bloomberg, the trial honed in specifically on the Spotlight, Time Machine, and Cover Flow features in Apple's OSes, which eventually led to the second biggest jury verdict so far this year, and the fourth biggest patent verdict in U.S. history.
In response to the $625.5 million judgment, Apple has issued an emergency motion that accuses Mirror Worlds of "triple dipping" if it wins $208.5 million for each of the three patents in dispute.
Plenty more on the topic here.
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restivjm
October 21, 2010 at 7:36am
I can only imagine how many of these companies have disputes like this on a daily basis. They almost need a team of attorneys, like http://www.aminn.org working full time on these cases if they are ever going to get anything resolved.
aviaggio
October 05, 2010 at 5:50am
I generally find patent trolls to be in the same class as used car salesmen and personal injury lawyers, but anyone that can take Apple to the cleaners is A-OK by me!
I Jedi
October 05, 2010 at 7:04am
Considering that Apple is worth more money than Google itself, I am certain that Apple can take this hit. Although, if Apple should lose here, it would open a can of "trolls" against Apple, as everyone would be screaming bloody murder for a piece of Apple.
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