Oracle has admitted to the court that it retains the frequently-cited Florian Mueller of the popular blog FOSS Patents as a consultant. The official disclosure comes a week after the judge in Oracle's lawsuit against Google took the extraordinary step of ordering both parties to reveal any paid...
"Oracle has retained Florian Mueller, author of the blog FOSS Patents, as a consultant on competition-related matters." Oracle court filing
We've seen the tone in the tech world's biggest patent case take a turn for the worse over the last several days, and the hits just keep on coming. Whether it's coming from lawyers frustrated by time constraints or verbal lashings from an irrate...
This morning two Apple witnesses attacked Samsung for not living up to its responsibilities with its standards-essential patents — and violating the spirit of FRAND as well. At issue are two Samsung standards-essential patents that apply to UMTS technology. In 2005, Samsung lobbied for several changes that were made to the 3GPP Standard. Per the company's agreement with the standards body, it...
Last week former Mac icon designer Susan Kare took the stand in Apple v. Samsung, and Apple called her back today to counter testimony from one of Samsung's designers. Kare was asked directly about the testimony of Jeeyeun Wang, who had described Samsung's design choices — icons with background image "containers" around them, and the use of a green phone icon — as functional necessities. Kare disagreed.
"What's important on a touchscreen is that there's a target for your finger," she said when asked about the containers. "That doesn't need to be enclosed in a fence... It's an option, not a requirement."
Apple attorney Rachel Krevans delved into the shape of these containers; iOS uses boxes with rounded corners, a design choice that the company feels Samsung copied. Kare didn't think choosing that shape was the only option....
The classic Mac icon designer makes a second appearance
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld an earlier ruling that isolated human genes can, in fact, be patented. The case involves Myriad Genetics, Inc. and its patents on two genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2), mutations in which are highly correlated with hereditary breast and ovarian...
A judge's outburst. One attorney accusing another of listening into private conversations. A disinterested juror, bopping his head to a private groove, a Johnny Rotten snarl on his face
Three weeks into Apple v. Samsung, the cracks are starting to...
Apple began its rebuttal case this afternoon, and it used a pair of former employees to argue against claims it had infringed Samsung's utility patents. Path employee Emilie Kim, formerly of the iOS software team, was up first to explain the nuances of the iOS Camera and...
