Apple Denied Rights To "Multi-touch"

[Trusstopher]

What about:

Vari-Touch
Quadra-Touch
Buncha-Touch
Multi-Feel
Multi-Poke
Multiple Point of Conant Interactive Display - (MPCID)

 

[czerdrill]

What about:

Vari-Touch
Quadra-Touch
Buncha-Touch
Multi-Feel
Multi-Poke
Multiple Point of Conant Interactive Display - (MPCID)

You know what, I did some quick research and there are in fact devices that used the term "multi-touch" long before apple, so denying the trademark makes sense now, although I'd still argue that Apple is the one that bought it to the masses.

 

[Tuktanuk]

What about:


Buncha-Touch

I LOL'D!!

Best of the bunch right there.

 

[LocoRon]

What about:

Vari-Touch
Quadra-Touch
Buncha-Touch
Multi-Feel
Multi-Poke
Multiple Point of Conant Interactive Display - (MPCID)

simul-touch ?

 

[kodiak799]

I still don't even know what multi-touch means.

 

[rck76]

I still don't even know what multi-touch means.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-touch

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[ntrddragn]

how about
all-touch
touch me
sametime touch
touch me there and i'll touch you back

on another note then lil' wayne should trademark "bling" LOL

thats all for now class dismissed.

 

[SquireSCA]

Not only was multi-touch in use long before Apple started using it, the name "iPhone" isn't even theirs... they had to buy it from Cisco...

 

[czerdrill]

Not only was multi-touch in use long before Apple started using it, the name "iPhone" isn't even theirs... they had to buy it from Cisco...

Well that's irrelevant haha...Google purchased "Android" too, and not just the name. Doesn't matter though, Android is Google's and iPhone is Apple's.

 

[SquireSCA]

Well that's irrelevant haha...Google purchased "Android" too, and not just the name. Doesn't matter though, Android is Google's and iPhone is Apple's.

The point was that Apple doesn't "invent" nearly as much as they pretend to. They often buy it, or now they try to sue for it after the fact.

 

[czerdrill]

The point was that Apple doesn't "invent" nearly as much as they pretend to. They often buy it, or now they try to sue for it after the fact.

But again this was not a patent suit it was a trademark request and apple wasn't suing anyone for using multi touch. I don't think apple claimed to invent multi touch. Google buys just as much as any other company. All companies do the same.

 

[SquireSCA]

But again this was not a patent suit it was a trademark request and apple wasn't suing anyone for using multi touch. I don't think apple claimed to invent multi touch. Google buys just as much as any other company. All companies do the same.

Is Google trying to trade-mark industry terms that they didn't invent?

 

[czerdrill]

Is Google trying to trade-mark industry terms that they didn't invent?

Now thats a straw man argument if I've ever seen one...that's not what you were talking about in your initial post. Your post was misinformed and you thought, mistakenly, that Apple was saying they invented multi-touch and was seeking a patent for such. Otherwise why would you say "not only was multi-touch in use before iPhone"...?

Now you're changing your argument to say that Google is not trademarking industry terms. Simply pointing out the flaw in your initial argument.

 

[OneTenderRebel]

these threads should all be closed after the first post. I appreciate the news team bringing the news but the posts afterward are always so cynical and predictable.

 

[SquireSCA]

Now thats a straw man argument if I've ever seen one...that's not what you were talking about in your initial post. Your post was misinformed and you thought, mistakenly, that Apple was saying they invented multi-touch and was seeking a patent for such. Otherwise why would you say "not only was multi-touch in use before iPhone"...?

Now you're changing your argument to say that Google is not trademarking industry terms. Simply pointing out the flaw in your initial argument.

No, you are simply defending Apple, which you do in every single thread that mentions them.

Why are they attempting to trade-mark something that they did not invent, and that was in use before they used it?

Stop playing semantics in your attempt to always defend Apple.