[Facil] Fw: [Rescape-l] Apple détenteur d'un brevet "téléchargement"

[Marc Angles]

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Date : Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:12:41 +0100
De : "julien breitfeld" <julien at marklor.com>
À : rescape-l at mail.mekensleep.com
Sujet : [Rescape-l] Apple détenteur d'un brevet "téléchargement"



A recent out-of-court settlement between Apple Computer and a
Vermont-based inventor has landed Apple the rights to a prestigious
software design patent that may allow the company to seek royalties on
a broad spectrum of digital downloads. 

Michael Starkweather, a lawyer and author of the 10-year old patent,
issued a statement on Thursday calling it a "billion dollar patent"
that will have affects on the future of the "cell phone, iPod and PDA"
industries. 

"I believe that, with this patent in hand, Apple will eventually be
after every phone company, film maker, computer maker and video
producer to pay royalties on every download of not just music but also
movies and videos," he said. 

Starkweather, who wrote the patent in 1996 for David Contois of Essex 
Junction, Vt.-based Contois Music Technology, said the inventor
originally didn't show interest in patenting the idea nor did he
understand its value. 

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http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2275 



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