Apple nicked our touchscreen

Nibble Taiwan outfit claims

By Nick Farrell

Wed Apr 08 2009, 13:08

TAIWANESE chip designer Elan Microelectronics is suing Apple in the United States for nicking two of its touch screen technology patents.

Elan claims it owns the rights to technology that allows Apple's products to detect the position of the finger on a touch screen or touch pad.

The company has already won a similar lawsuit against Synaptics and is seeking an injunction to stop the sales of any Apple products that infringe its patents. µ

L'Inq
PC Magazine

Asus Transformer Prime review Tegra 3 and ICS tablet is a winner Friday, 10 February 2012, 17:42 PM Read more	Asus Zenbook UX21E ultrabook review Great for portability but let down by poor battery life Friday, 3 February 2012, 15:37 PM Read more
Lenovo outs two smartphones for 2012 One Android, one Windows Phone Thursday, 1 December 2011, 17:43 PM Read more	RIM’s BBX phones could be touchscreen only Based on the Playbook tablet Thursday, 10 November 2011, 11:15 AM Read more
Motorola is granted an injunction against Apple in Germany Tit for tat battle continues Monday, 7 November 2011, 12:17 PM Read more	HTC Incredible S review Smartphone with high end hardware but out of date software Friday, 22 April 2011, 09:30 AM Read more

< Previous article| Next article >

Comments

Greedy Monopolists

Don’t you wish these companies would stop trying to stifle competition through their patent “protection” rackets, and try to put out some honest-to-goodness quality products that people would voluntarily pay out good money for?

posted by : Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 09 April 2009 Complain about this comment

INQ White papers

Databases

Network management

Security

Service oriented architecture

Storage

INQ Jobs

PHP Web Developer - html,

The Company: My client b...

INQ Poll

Authorities in several countries raided Megaupload recently, shut down all of its services, seized hundreds of servers and arrested several of its executives on criminal charges.

Do you think the move was justified?

Yes, companies should suffer an immediate death penalty upon being accused of copyright infringement.

Yes, the coppers said the company was breaking the law so it must be guilty.

No, the company and the people accused are innocent until proven guilty.

No, the company had millions of customers who have been harmed by having access to their data files cut off.

I don't care, I never used Megaupload anyway.

View other polls

© Incisive Media Investments Limited 2012, Published by Incisive Financial Publishing Limited, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4RX, are companies registered in England and Wales with company registration numbers 04252091 & 04252093

SEARCH :

Site Credentials:

Business & Technology websites:

Business research resources:

Products:

Investment Market IT websites:

Find out what you are worth:

Salary Calculator

Search for a job:

Recruitment Agency A-Z Directory

Accreditations:

Digital Publisher of the Year 2010

Apple nicked our touchscreen

Share this:

RIM Playbook OS 2.0 and Blackberry 7.1 video demo

Nokia Lumia 710 video review