Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple patenting third party apps
Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple patenting third party apps
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple patenting third party apps
- From: "Nichols, Jared - 1170 - MITLL" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 11:48:33 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Apple patenting third party apps
Is there anything in the app store developer agreement that relinquishes
any kind of rights over the app? Just speculating as I'm not an App Store
developer
j
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Jared F. Nichols
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On 8/6/10 10:54 AM, "Joel Esler" <email@hidden> wrote:
>I don't know either Jerry.
>
>I don't know if just prior art can hold it, or if the "original" owner
>has to have a patent for look and feel.
>
>But who has the prior art? The app was released (I guess) in 08, and
>Apple filed this patent in 09. Don't know.
>
>J
>
>On Aug 6, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Blackmon Jerry (Contractor) wrote:
>
>>
>><http://www.macrumors.com/2010/08/06/controversy-over-apple-travel-patent
>>-application/>
>>
>> I am not yet well versed in the ins and outs of patent law, but
>>wouldn't the existence of the original app constitute prior art and
>>invalidate Apple's patent filing?
>
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>Joel Esler
>http://www.joelesler.net
>
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