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August 15th, 2005, 07:26 PM
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| Captain Internet  Joined: Dec 19th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bahrain Age: 24 Posts: 2,425
Car: Audi TT '08 Rep Power: 164   |  iPod Licensing Lapse Lets In Microsoft Computer firm Apple may have to pay Microsoft £6 for each iPod it sells after a huge licensing lapse. Lawyers at Bill Gates' firm filed a patent for technology behind the hugely successful digital music player two months before Apple. The US Patent Office has ruled that Microsoft has the right to charge competitors a licence fee for each iPod sold. A furious Apple has said it will appeal the decision, but at the moment it looks as though the firm will be paying a high price for the success of its product. The iPod was launched in November 2001 but Apple waited until July 2002 to file for a patent; Microsoft snuck in to license some of the technology the previous May. David Kaefer, Microsoft's director of intellectual property licensing, said it was open to letting other firms patent its innovations. Full story: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...411878,00.html A very expensive lapse I'd say  |
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August 15th, 2005, 08:17 PM
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 Joined: Apr 2nd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: California, USA Posts: 693
Car: 1993 BMW 525i Rep Power: 0   | ...and monkies fly outa my... 
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August 15th, 2005, 10:03 PM
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| Wants Rick Astley's Babies  Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 27 Posts: 6,028
Car: Golf LFS Status:  Rep Power: 40   | Well, I'm glad I don't have any Apple shares...  Buba
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August 15th, 2005, 11:28 PM
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 Joined: Jun 4th, 2004 Last Online: 12:33 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 8,514
Car: 00' Subaru Forester GT LFS Status:  Rep Power: 28   | ouch for apple... but I can't blame MIcrosoft for this because this happened to be Apple's mistake and microsoft just took advantage of it
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August 16th, 2005, 12:06 AM
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| Joined: May 26th, 2004 Last Online: August 26th, 2005 Location: hong kong Posts: 5,216
Rep Power: 0 | well i cant wait for a mircosoft ipod i can scam as well, hope they have extended warrenty. |
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August 16th, 2005, 08:55 PM
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Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 43 | Quote:
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August 18th, 2005, 07:38 PM
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