When Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at 2007’s Macworld conference, he began by describing the device’s groundbreaking user interface. “We have invented a new technology called ‘multi-touch’ which is phenomenal,” Jobs said.
…Apple’s suit is best read as a proxy war against Google. Apple is suing HTC because suing Google would be more expensive and worse for public relations. Going after HTC achieves the same result without all the awkwardness of suing the tech world’s 800-pound gorilla.But this isn’t just about Apple vs. Google. This lawsuit could apply to just about every one of Apple’s tech rivals, including Microsoft, Motorola, Palm, and Research in Motion, the BlackBerry’s manufacturer. In the three years since the advent of the iPhone, smartphone makers have moved aggressively to mimic the device. Every mobile company now makes multitouch phones, and with all the tablets and e-readers hitting the market, touch screens are becoming ubiquitous. You wouldn’t be going out on a limb to predict that touch-screen devices will play a major role in the future of computing. With this lawsuit, Apple is standing in the way of that future.placeAd2(commercialNode,’midarticleflex’,false,”)It’s a dangerous strategy. Patent lawsuits take…
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Apple’s multitouch lawsuit is both dumb and dangerous.
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