“ Apple’s lawsuit can be construed as an indirect attack on Google, whose Android operating system powers the Nexus One to mimic some of the iPhone’s capabilities, such as multitouch gestural input. Apple’s complaint filed to the International Trade Commission explicitly accuses HTC’s Android-based products for infringing the patents. HTC also sells phones running Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS, but Apple does not call out Windows phones. And it was only a month ago that Google updated the OS on the Nexus One to include pinch-to-zoom functionality”
Apple Fires at HTC, But the Target Is Google | Epicenter | Wired.com
Can we be done with this multitouch patent bullshit already? No matter where you fall on this, there’s likely prior art showing the pinch to zoom, including the Microsoft Surface. Is it cool? Yes. Is it patent-able? I don’t know about that.
Source: Wired
