4 posts and columns on portable device

ITC Probing HTC’s Patent Claim Against Apple

in Mobile on June 14, 2010 at 12:29 pm PT

Apple and HTC’s dueling lawsuits now have dueling ITC investigations to accompany them. The U.S. International Trade Commission has announced plans to formally investigate HTC’s allegations that Apple infringed upon its mobile phone patents.

iPhone Users: We’ll Pay for Content

in Media on November 25, 2009 at 5:02 am PT

How do you get Web users to pay for content? Get an iPhone into their hands. That’s one conclusion you can draw from a new survey showing that people who own Apple handsets are more willing to pay for stuff than the average Internet surfer.
for the birds

StealDVD? Well, You Were Asking for It…

in News on September 30, 2008 at 12:24 pm PT

Just hours after RealNetworks filed a preemptive lawsuit against the major Hollywood studios to avoid outcry over its RealDVD DVD-ripping software, Hollywood responded in kind. The Motion Picture Association of America asked a federal court in Los Angeles for a temporary restraining order to halt the sales of RealDVD, arguing it illegally bypasses DVD copyright protections. Said the MPAA, “RealNetworks’ RealDVD should be called StealDVD.”

Sue. Rent. Rip. Return.

in News on September 30, 2008 at 10:01 am PT

Turns out RealNetworks Inc.’s new DVD ripper RealDVD is as legal as its creator is litigious. Real debuted RealDVD this morning and along with it a preemptive lawsuit against the Hollywood interests that will inevitably attempt to litigate it into oblivion. Brought against the DVD Copy Control Association and a who’s-who of major studios, the suit asks the court to rule that RealDVD complies with the DVD Copy Control Association’s license agreement.