Apple Ordered To Pay $625.5M In Patent Suit

[eridani]

Source: Manufacturing.net

A jury in Texas has ordered Apple to pay $625.5 million for violating patents owned by a firm founded by a computer science professor.

Apple Inc. is challenging Friday's verdict from the federal court in Tyler, Texas, saying the court has not yet looked at some of its counterclaims.

Read more: http://www.manufacturing.net/News/2010/10/Electrical-Electronics-Jury-Orders-Apple-To-Pay-625-5M-In-Patent-Suit/

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Wonder what Lawrence Lessig and EFF think of this.

[comtec]

1. More details man!!!

ok i read the article, but it's still rather vague.
I admit the tears of mac fanatics are almost as sweet as those of republicans, to have their lord and savior jobs, shown to be the huckster that he is.

Im not saying he isn't brilliant, but seriously people, Steve jobs doesn't shit gold bricks!

Mega corps do this kind of thing all the time - Microsoft is the most blatant of them, and it'd be nice if they'd be held to the fire more.

[boppers]

2. Meh. Stupid claims.

More of the "one click" idiocy Amazon claims.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. "The plaintiff is Mirror Worlds, a company founded by David Gelernter

of Yale University to commercialize his ideas."

He's quite RW, by the way.

David Gelernter

Gelernter contributes to magazines such as City Journal, The Weekly Standard, and Commentary which are generally considered neoconservative.