A Taiwanese company Elan Microelectronics is suing Apple Computer, alleging infringement of two of its touch screen patents. The lawsuit alleges that Apple MacBook, iPhone and iPod Touch use technology infringing on two of Elan’s patents for “multi-touch” technology.
Elan said it won a preliminary court injunction against a U.S.-based rival, Synaptics, in a dispute over one of the patents mentioned in the Apple lawsuit, after a suit was filed in 2006 by a unit that was a subsidiary at the time. Synaptics countersued.
Both actions were dismissed last year after the two companies reached a cross-licensing agreement, according to a statement on Elan’s Web site.
That result likely emboldened the company to take legal action against Apple, said Jessica Chang, a Taipei-based analyst who covers Elan for Credit Suisse.
New York Times: Apple Sued Over Touch-Screen Rights
Mission accomplished: the first-ever and only American iPhone 4 has been unlocked from its carrier which would be AT&T. A wily Canadian got his hands on the mobile device and after a long night of work shows off his functioning iPhone 4 in the video above.
Consumer Reports says it is unable to recommend the iPhone 4 until Apple fixes antenna problems. Although Consumer Reports isn’t making a specific recommendation, say Paul Reynolds, you can try using duct tape to cover the lower left hand side of the iPhone 4 to avoid the “death grip” and lose signal strength.
CNNMoney’s David Goldman discusses Consumer Reports magazine’s decision not to recommend the iPhone 4. Perhaps some duct tape might do the trick…
Having reception trouble with the iPhone 4? Consumer Reports says the easiest fix for the death grip antenna glitch may be a sliver of duct tape. CNN.com’s tech reporter John Sutter also says you can get yourself an iPhone bumper that goes around the outside edge of the device. Perhaps instead of the silver duct tape, some black gaffer’s tape might prove to be a more elegant option?
First there was the 1-minute wordless Apple FaceTime spot set to Louis Armstrong music featuring the intimate moments in family life which can now be shared over distances thanks to this new iOS4 technology. Fortune online is calling Apple’s new commercials for FaceTime “heartbreaking.” Spolier warning: nobody gets any bad news. As a matter of fact, in two out of the four spots, the characters in fact receive good news. In the other two, things are bittersweet at worst and basically all the ads have happy endings. We think the emotional term the business-minded folks over at fortune were looking for was “heart-warming.” Hey, it’s July — it must have been the heat (wave) going to their heads. Perhaps, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, no matter how good is his depth of knowledge of Apple, is thinking of this heartbreaking iPhone 4 FaceTime ad.
