Apple vs. Google: Inside an Android patent violation
[Via Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0]
Steve Jobs claimed that Google “stole” this Apple innovation. Last week, the ITC agreed.
When an iPhone receives a message that contains a phone number or an address — e-mail, Web or street — those bits of data are automatically highlighted, underlined and turned into clickable links.
Click on the phone number, and the iPhone asks if you want to dial it. Click on the Web address, and it opens in Safari. Click on the street address, and Maps will display it.
Any Android phone will do the same.
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Ms must be very happy because they are the only ones that will license a mobile operating system and back it in court. They claim theirs is unencumbered by patent issues and that if there are any court cases, MS will deal with them.
In contrast, Google does not seem to be helping the hardware makers in these battles.
And these are only 2 of the 10 patents Apple says are being unfairly copied. No wonder Apple needs more lawyers.
