Comments on: Apple Sues Creative for Violating Patents http://www.digitaltrends.com/gadgets/apple-sues-creative-for-violating-patents/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:30:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: SeaMoose77 http://www.digitaltrends.com/gadgets/apple-sues-creative-for-violating-patents/#comment-53053 SeaMoose77 Fri, 19 May 2006 19:20:39 +0000 #comment-53053 Setting: A Warm August Day in 2005 --The US Patent office has just awarded “Creative” rights to a menu patent that Apple uses in their phenomenal iPod. <br /> <br /> Creative: We've got them by the balls now. Let’s call them up and make ‘em grovel.<br /> ((ring ring))<br /> Apple: Hello<br /> Creative: I'm sure you heard the news. No use in beating around the bush, we’re calling to discuss the royalty rate you will pay us.<br /> Apple: We submitted a patent for the very same thing you just happen to win out…timing luck. Besides, your stinky little patent has nothing to do with the success of our Ipod.<br /> Creative: We own it and we need to get paid. Our stock holders need a return on their investment!<br /> Apple: Never.<br /> Creative: We insist that you discuss it.<br /> Apple: No.<br /> Creative: We legally own the rights to that patent!<br /> Apple: So, why are you starting with us, why aren’t you suing Iriver, Sony or Samsung. Aren’t they “infringing” on the same patent.<br /> Creative: Oh Please, don’t get me started. They made less money then us on MP3 player sales.<br /> Apple: So you’re suing us because we’ve been highly successful with our MP3 player. Is that it?<br /> Creative: We will sue them too, eventually--but getting back to the point! We need to determine a fair royalty rate.<br /> Apple: Absolutely not.<br /> Creative: Why?<br /> Apple: Because there is nothing creative about Creative. You've practically copied the look and feel of our Ipod design from the get-go. And now, you expect us to pay you because you had no success at copying our Ipod. We think—NOT!<br /> Creative: That menu patent was our original idea. It is our intellectual property and we insist that you pay us for using it.<br /> Apple: Yeah, right. (sarcastically)<br /> Creative: Then we’ll see you in Court. We going to sue you to the core—no, to the seeds in you core!<br /> Apple: You're wasting our time. We’ve got to fill a bevy of Ipod orders; 500,000 customers called saying they returned something called a Zen and now they want an Ipod…something about it doesn't work with iTunes. Goodbye. (click)<br /> Creative: Ooooooooooo!!!!!!!!<br /> ((ring ring))<br /> Creative's Legal Dept.: Hello<br /> Creative: Let's sue that Dirty Rotten Apple! <br /> Creative's Legal Dept.: We'll get right on it boss.<br /> ***9 months later***<br /> Creative files a lawsuit against Apple. <br /> Creative: We want Apple to cease and desist all Ipod sales in the US. We want a big settlement like that US company got against the Canadian Blackberry. I think they settled for a little less than a billion. That would be fine by us.<br /> ***Later that same day...***<br /> ((ring, ring))<br /> Creative: Hello<br /> Creative's Legal Dept.: Hey boss, Apple is counter suing us. They say we are infringing on FOUR of their patents. The word is out and our $5.00 stock is dropping fast! What shall we do boss?<br /> Creative: When we were amicably discussing the terms of our patent rights with Apple; they never mention they had Four patents we are allegedly using. I wonder why?<br /> ***The story continues…***<br /> Setting: A Warm August Day in 2005 –The US Patent office has just awarded “Creative” rights to a menu patent that Apple uses in their phenomenal iPod.

Creative: We've got them by the balls now. Let’s call them up and make ‘em grovel.
((ring ring))
Apple: Hello
Creative: I'm sure you heard the news. No use in beating around the bush, we’re calling to discuss the royalty rate you will pay us.
Apple: We submitted a patent for the very same thing you just happen to win out…timing luck. Besides, your stinky little patent has nothing to do with the success of our Ipod.
Creative: We own it and we need to get paid. Our stock holders need a return on their investment!
Apple: Never.
Creative: We insist that you discuss it.
Apple: No.
Creative: We legally own the rights to that patent!
Apple: So, why are you starting with us, why aren’t you suing Iriver, Sony or Samsung. Aren’t they “infringing” on the same patent.
Creative: Oh Please, don’t get me started. They made less money then us on MP3 player sales.
Apple: So you’re suing us because we’ve been highly successful with our MP3 player. Is that it?
Creative: We will sue them too, eventually–but getting back to the point! We need to determine a fair royalty rate.
Apple: Absolutely not.
Creative: Why?
Apple: Because there is nothing creative about Creative. You've practically copied the look and feel of our Ipod design from the get-go. And now, you expect us to pay you because you had no success at copying our Ipod. We think—NOT!
Creative: That menu patent was our original idea. It is our intellectual property and we insist that you pay us for using it.
Apple: Yeah, right. (sarcastically)
Creative: Then we’ll see you in Court. We going to sue you to the core—no, to the seeds in you core!
Apple: You're wasting our time. We’ve got to fill a bevy of Ipod orders; 500,000 customers called saying they returned something called a Zen and now they want an Ipod…something about it doesn't work with iTunes. Goodbye. (click)
Creative: Ooooooooooo!!!!!!!!
((ring ring))
Creative's Legal Dept.: Hello
Creative: Let's sue that Dirty Rotten Apple!
Creative's Legal Dept.: We'll get right on it boss.
***9 months later***
Creative files a lawsuit against Apple.
Creative: We want Apple to cease and desist all Ipod sales in the US. We want a big settlement like that US company got against the Canadian Blackberry. I think they settled for a little less than a billion. That would be fine by us.
***Later that same day…***
((ring, ring))
Creative: Hello
Creative's Legal Dept.: Hey boss, Apple is counter suing us. They say we are infringing on FOUR of their patents. The word is out and our $5.00 stock is dropping fast! What shall we do boss?
Creative: When we were amicably discussing the terms of our patent rights with Apple; they never mention they had Four patents we are allegedly using. I wonder why?
***The story continues…***

]]> By: Fran the fernanand http://www.digitaltrends.com/gadgets/apple-sues-creative-for-violating-patents/#comment-53052 Fran the fernanand Fri, 19 May 2006 10:22:32 +0000 #comment-53052 I hope they both lose a ton of money. Apple IMO has copied a lot of ideas from people though, like the navigation that Creative developed, the name "iPod" was copied from Compaqs "iPaq" etc. I hope they both lose a ton of money. Apple IMO has copied a lot of ideas from people though, like the navigation that Creative developed, the name “iPod” was copied from Compaqs “iPaq” etc.

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