Thoughtful commentary about why Apple and HTC settled their patent litigation:
Sometimes it’s easier to just pay the money
And:
Both companies benefit from HTC’s ability to use Apple’s patented elements like slide-to-unlock, universal search, bounce scrolling, and scroll locking. HTC gets to make better products, and Apple allows one of Samsung’s only real challengers in the US market compete with features Samsung isn’t allowed to use— the enemy of Apple’s enemy is Apple’s friend.
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2 responses to “Why Apple and HTC settled their patent litigation”
Slide-to-unlock? Diese uralte Technologie? http://www.archaeologie-krefeld.de/projekte/schluessel.htm
Nett, kannte ich noch nicht! Aber Apple sind ja nicht die ersten, die analoge Metaphern digital nachbilden… wobei ich gerade nicht weiss, ob die anderen auch patentiert sind? Z.B. der Desktop…