Microsoft sued over patents concerning Live Tiles in Windows 8 and Windows Phone

[WinAndLinuxTutorials]

When we first saw this headline, we had two thoughts in quick succession: 1) Of course someone has a patent on squares and rectangles that deliver information to users!, and 2) Why wasn't this lawsuit filed against Microsoft when Windows Phone 7 was released? Regardless of the answers to both of those questions, we've got ourselves just one more example of how the US patent system is completely borked.

Read more: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Microsoft-sued-over-patents-concerning-Live-Tiles-in-Windows-8-and-Windows-Phone_id36168

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Suing has reached to a whole new level of stupidity.

 

[imsoadude]

Does this patent belong to Apple by any chance lol

 

[samit]

god this patent war not again........

 

[mercurial]

Microsoft Sued Over Windows 8 Live Tiles

With the Patent war running hot between Apple and Samsung / Google, someone somewhere thought, Hey! im bored of this patent war of Apple & Samsung lets get some new wars out im bored of hearing about curves, triangles, size, etc. So some courageous folks out there decided it was time to stand up to this injustice & so the deed was done

"SurfCast claims that it invented the Live Tiles used in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. As a result, the company claims that it is entitled to damages.

SurfCast refers to a patent that it was awarded in 2004 that describes an approach of self-updating content. The patent focuses its technology on connected PDAs as well as WAP phones. Microsoft said that it will prove that the lawsuit has no merit."


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[Malware Maniac]

RE: Microsoft Sued Over Windows 8 Live Tiles

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