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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 22 2012 @ 05:43 PM EST |
Obvious and prior art galore it would seem.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 22 2012 @ 06:30 PM EST |
Because I don't yet see gray/aftermarket versions in my local market.
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Authored by: UncleVom on Saturday, December 22 2012 @ 07:08 PM EST |
I think it is the magic materials that drives this patent.
Now if someone were to make a functional mating connector out of another
material, I don't think the patent has enough beef to fight it face to face
given the aforementioned prior art.
The problem being that Apple has a patent, a bullpen full of lawyers, a tame US
justice system and deeper pockets than most anyone.
The pertinent American game rules are as follows:
If AAPL calls "patent" on an opponent during the game, the opponent
will wither, die and be removed from the playing field.
An exception to the above rule is when the opponent has "Troll" status
and a two sided coin is flipped and the money wheel is spun.
Troll status cannot apply in this particular case with the connector as the
actual manufacture of an item is involved.
Now if the game is played under Chinese rules.
Almost everybody, but AAPL gets to laugh.
The offending item may or may not have to be renamed from "Lightning"
to "for iPhone 5" and will be sourced from dozens of companies.
The price for a single connecting cable or adapter shipped to the US will be so
cheap that the value of AAPL's patent will approach zero as nobody will buy the
genuine AAPL "made" part unless it comes bundled with the original
purchase.
Of course the Chinese game rules cannot apply to manufacture in the USA as this
would stifle AAPL and hence American innovation as a whole.
IANAL or an "iCompatible cable" importer.
UV
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