Saycheesepatent infringement!
We ’ll start with Apple on the offensive : on Monday , the companyfiled a lawsuit against Kodakin plus topetitioning the ITCfor a ban on the camera company ’s infringing products . This move is in response to Kodak ’s causa against Apple and RIM this retiring January , accusing the two of outrage a patent on range of a function - prevue technology .
Apple ’s case claim that Kodak is in fact infringing upon several ofitspatents . According to Electronista , the camera troupe has been accused of copying range of a function processing , push direction , and memory design applied science ; Apple cites the C , M , and Z series EasyShares and its Zi8 camcorder as examples . The charge with the ITC , also filed Monday , essay to ban the sale of these and any other conflict devices as a result .
It might seem whacky , but this conflict of lawsuit will most belike end up with the two company at the negotiating table , as this move admit Apple to claim that it too has an equal complaint . Hopefully the two will actually separate things out instead of just using their legal team to call at each other .
Water world
In other news , if one San Francisco resident gets her way , those pesky smooth sensors inside your iPhone may be legitimate suit for a causa . As reported by InformationWeek , Charlene Gallion last week filed a lawsuit against Apple claim that the liquid touch indicator ( which you’re able to find by shining a Christ Within inside the earpiece jack and dock connector — if they ’re pinkish , they ’ve been triggered ) can produce inaccurate results and , as such , can not be used to define whether or not a gadget should be covered under AppleCare .
The account is this : last year , Gallion ’s first iPhone enigmatically stopped functioning . When she brought it into an Apple Store , Gallion was told that her phone contain liquid scathe and was not eligible for replenishment by AppleCare . While she was certain there had been no link between her phone and any liquid , Gallion reluctantly gibe to trade in her dead twist and purchase a fresh iPhone at a rebate . Fast forwards six months , and Gallion was back in the Apple Store with the same trouble .
Her prescribed complaint :
As a resultant role of Apple ’s wrong covering of the Liquid - Damage Exclusion , Apple sells [ devices ] with the intent to debar them from the guarantee reportage Apple promises consumers it will provide — even when consumer ante up special for Extended Warranty coverage — simply because their Liquid Submersion Indicator has been trigger off , without any attempt by Apple to swear whether the Class Devices really have been damaged as a result of submergence or immersion in liquidity .
Now , it ’s true that Gallioncouldhave just been a little too careless in the kitchen or the privy , but despite Apple ’s claim that the sensing element “ are design not to be triggered by humidness and temperature changes that are within the intersection ’s environmental requirements , ” plan does n’t always translate into a perfect implementation every individual meter . I would n’t be too surprised if the sensor once in a while triggered false positive .
All the same , iPhone and iPod Touch repairs are tricky beast . While Mac laptops also have fluent sensors , Apple technician have the option of taking them apart to find out if the spill have the trouble . With an iPhone , if it does n’t power up and the fluid sensors are triggered , the technician has few — if any — alternative pick to see if the telephone set was damaged by liquid state or not . Whether this will moderate to any kind of study regarding false positives or a revamp of the sensor — that ’s up in the air right now .
